The campaign was marked Recording by disagreements , indecision , and miscommunication on the part of British leaders , and by a remarkable set of cooperative decisions , at times in violation of orders , by the French and Americans .

However , there was miscommunication in the chain of command Control , and the Light Brigade was instead sent Sending on a frontal assault against a different artillery battery , one well-prepared with excellent fields of defensive fire .

Responsibility for the miscommunication has remained controversial , as the order Arranging was vague and Louis Edward Nolan delivered Sending the written orders with some verbal interpretation , then died Death in the first minute of the assault Attack .