| A | B |
|---|
| league | a measure of distance about 3 miles |
| dismay | a loss of courage due to fear of what is about to happen |
| blunder | to make a careless mistake |
| volley | a shower of bullets |
| saber | a heavy curved sword used by cavalry |
| Cossack | noted horsemen and soldiers of Russia |
| battery | a platform holding two or more cannons |
| reel | to way under a blow or shock |
| noble | high and great in character |
| charge | to rush against the enemy |
| Who wrote the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava? | Alfre, Lord Tennyson |
| What war was the poem about? | Crimean War |
| Who did Russia fight against? | Sardinia, Turkey, England, France |
| This was the first war covered by... | reporters and newspapers |
| Who helped the wounded soldiers? | Florence Nightingale who came from England |
| How many soldiers rode into the valley? | 673 |
| How many soldiers rode back out of the valley? | 195 |
| Into the valley of ______ rode the _____ | Death, six hundred |
| Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and _______ | die |
| How many soldiers died from their wounds before Florence Nightingale arrived? | 50% |
| How many soldiers died after Florence Nightingale arrived? | 2% |
| During which war did Florence Nightingale send instructions on how to care for the wounded? | The Civil War, she sent instructions to the North |
| Why didn't Florence Nightingale send instructions to care for the wounded to the South? | They didn't ask |
