Complete Clue List
Across
1. Concealed: the Russian guns were fully ____ (3-2)
4. Commanding the Russian forces at the Battle of Balaclava: General ____ Petrovich Liprandi
7. Continue forward: "Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to ____ rapidly to the front"
8. Cave in, droop
9. Came across
10. Concave area, as that between Fedyukhin Heights and Causeway Heights
13. Close to the tail, furthest back
15. Cause damage to, spoil
17. Chasm, breach
19. Contribute aid, as Lucan's Heavy Brigade would provide assistance to Light Brigade survivors
22. Clobber, as with an artillery shell
24. Common cause of conflict
25. Cautioned, forewarned; the Russian artillery were vigilant to the Light Brigade's attack
26. Cause maximum damage; the Heavy Brigade were the main British ____ force
27. Clearer, more certain, more confident
Down
1. Characterisation by Tennyson in his 4D that the 10A was "The Valley of ____"
2. Courtroom attention-getter
3. Corporal or sergeant (abbr.)
4. Creative work by Alfred Lord Tennyson, published in 1854, six weeks after the fateful attack
5. Countryside view, possibly lost on the members of the Light Brigade as they prepared to attack
6. Cavalry characterised by unarmoured fast horses, optimised for mobility and speed
11. Caesar's eggs (Lat.)
12. Crimean ____ (1853-1856), during which the Charge of the Light Brigade took place
14. Combatant, adversary
16. Chases away, fights off
17. Cavalry regiment named after their coats' colour, the Royal Scots ____, part of the Heavy Brigade
18. Captured image; Roger Fenton produced this record of the charge survivors in the 13th Light Dragoons
20. Caution against, discourage
21. Cavalryman
23. Chore