As the legend of the `` Charge of the Light Brigade '' demonstrates , the war quickly became Becoming an iconic symbol of logistical , medical and tactical failures and mismanagement .

The events were the subject of Alfred , Lord Tennyson 's narrative poem `` The Charge Judgment_communication of the Light Brigade '' ( 1854 ) , published Publishing just six weeks after the event .

The Charge of the Light Brigade was a failed military action involving Cause_to_be_included the British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War .