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In the Crimean War, the Charge of the Light Brigade and the Thin Red Line at the Battle of Balaclava showed the vulnerability of cavalry, when deployed without effective support.
The British and French armies dismounted many of their cavalry regiments and used them in infantry and other roles: the Life Guards for example spent the last months of the War as a machine gun corps ; and the Australian Light Horse served as light infantry during the Gallipoli campaign.
Their mounted charge succeeded after a coordinated attack by the British Infantry and Yeomanry cavalry and the Australian and New Zealand Light Horse and Mounted Rifles brigades.
In the Canadian Army, a number of regular and reserve units have cavalry roots, including The Royal Canadian Hussars ( Montreal ), the Governor General's Horse Guards, Lord Strathcona's Horse, the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and the South Alberta Light Horse.
These Light Dragoons were trained in reconnaissance, skirmishing and other work requiring endurance in accordance with contemporary standards of light cavalry performance.
The success of this new class of cavalry was such that that 8 regular Dragoon regiments were converted to Light Dragoons between 1768 and 1783.
The Light Dragoons were formed as light cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and were similar to hussars.
Light cavalry were used as scouts, skirmishers or outflankers.
In 1931, Pujol did his six months of compulsory military service in a cavalry unit, the 7th Regiment of Light Artillery.
* October 25 – Crimean War – Battle of Balaclava: The allies gain an overall victory, except for the disastrous cavalry Charge of the Light Brigade, from which only 200 of 700 men survive.
This was only achieved by the efforts of the Light Division and the British and King's German Legion cavalry.
On the threatened British-Portuguese right flank, the elite Light Division, well supported by cavalry and artillery, made a textbook fighting withdrawal.
Bernadotte sent forward the two battalions of the 5th Light regiment, which successfully pushed back the opposition, allowing the rest of the Army Corps to continue its advance towards the village of Aderklaa, near which they had to stop, towards 15: 30, as they met enemy cavalry.
The Noldor are freshly empowered by the Light of Valinor, and using marvellous weapons and armour as well as the previously unseen cavalry they defeat the Orc forces in detail.
However, a final Allied cavalry charge, stemming from a misinterpreted order from Raglan, led to one of the most famous and ill-fated events in British military history – the Charge of the Light Brigade.
At approximately 07: 45, the commander of the Light Brigade, the Earl of Cardigan, reached his cavalry, having arrived from his yacht moored in Balaclava harbour.
However, once he had negotiated a vineyard and the sprawling tented camp of the Light Brigade, he was notified by his ADC, Lieutenant Elliot, of the proximity of the Russian cavalry on their left flank.
When the Heavies attacked, the Earl of Cardigan's Light Brigade was less than 500 yards (~ 450 m ) from Ryzhov's cavalry.
Turning to Lord Paulet he justified his action and his desire to preserve at least half of his cavalry division, " They have sacrificed the Light Brigade ; they shall not have the Heavy, if I can help it.
Light Russian cavalry forces ( cossacks and hussars ) raided Swedish side of the border but were often repulsed by local population.
The title became notorious when George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, as cavalry commander in the Crimean War, was one of the men involved in the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade.
Ernest learned cavalry drill and tactics under Captain von Linsingen of the Queen's Light Dragoons, and proved to be an excellent horseman as well as a good shot.
* Light Dragoons, a British Army cavalry regiment.
* An independent cavalry division and the 5th Light Cavalry Brigade

Light and consisted
The Queen Is Dead reached number two in the UK charts, and consisted of a mixture of mordant bleakness ( e. g. " Never Had No One Ever ", which seemed to play up to stereotypes of the band ), dry humour ( e. g. " Frankly, Mr. Shankly ", allegedly a message to Rough Trade boss Geoff Travis disguised as a letter of resignation from a worker to his superior ), and synthesis of both, such as in " There Is a Light That Never Goes Out " and " Cemetry Gates ".
The JLA consisted of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern ( John Stewart ), the Flash ( Barry Allen ), the Atom ( Ray Palmer ), Doctor Light ( Kimiyo Hoshi ), Hawkman, and Firestorm ( Jason Rusch ).
Allied armour consisted of nine Matilda IIA infantry tanks, belonging to " B " Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment, and sixteen Mark VIB Light Tanks from " C " Squadron, 4th Queen's Own Hussars.
By October 1845, 4000 troops, nearly half the U. S. Army, under orders of President Polk, were positioned on the north side of the Rio Grande. The Mexican garrison of Matamoros under Gen. F. Mejia consisted of the Zapadores ( Sappers ) Battalion, the 2d Light, 1st & 10th Line Infantry Regiments, the 7th Cavalry Regiment, Villas of the North Aux Cavalry, several Companies of Presidales and the Matamoros National Guards Battalion.
: In early 2012, 1 Log Sp Regt consisted of 2 and 12 Close Support Squadrons, 23 General Support Squadron, 74 ( HQ ) Squadron and Light Aid Detatchment ( REME support )
* The force at Romani, responsible for its defence when the battle began, consisted of infantry from the British 52nd ( Lowland ) Division, commanded by Major General W. E. B. Smith, and the Anzac Mounted Division commanded by Chauvel ( less the 3rd Light Horse Brigade ).
* 1st Light Horse Brigade consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Light Horse Regiments.
* 2nd Light Horse Brigade consisted of the 5th, 6th, 7th Light Horse Regiments.
* 3rd Light Horse Brigade consisted of the 8th, 9th, 10th Light Horse Regiments.
* 4th Light Horse Brigade consisted of the 4th, 11th, 12th Light Horse Regiments.
* 5th Light Horse Brigade consisted of the 14th and 15th Light Horse Regiments, in combination with the French 1er Regiment Mixte de Cavalerie du Levant and the New Zealand 2nd Machine Gun Squadron.
Chauvel's Force for the attack on Magdhaba, consisted of three brigades of the Anzac Mounted Division ; 1st Light Horse Brigade ( 1st, 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Regiments ), the 3rd Light Horse Brigade ( 8th, 9th and 10th Light Horse Regiments ), the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade ( Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiments ), together with three battalions from the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade in place of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade.
Grey's troops consisted of the 2nd Light Infantry, a composite battalion formed from the light companies of 13 regiments, plus the 42nd and 44th Foot.
By April 1951, the brigade consisted of four infantry battalions, one Australian, one Canadian and two British, including: the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ; the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ; the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
In April 1812 Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington placed him at the head of the famous Light Division, which consisted of the 1 / 43rd and 1 / 52nd Light Infantry, 95th Rifles, and 1st and 3rd Portuguese Caçadores.

Light and usually
Light snowfall mainly occurs from December through March, but snow cover does not usually remain for long.
Light usually has a spectrum of frequencies that sum to form the resultant wave.
The Hesychast usually experiences the contemplation of God as light, the Uncreated Light of the theology of St Gregory Palamas.
* Light engine – a locomotive which is operating without a train behind it, usually because it needs to be relocated for operational reasons.
Light fixtures usually comprised single, bare bulbs.
Light machine guns usually have simple iron sights.
Light machine guns often have a butt stock attached, while vehicle and tripod mounted machine guns usually have spade grips.
Weapons used in this role are selective fire rifles, usually fitted with a bipod and heavier barrel to perform as Light machine guns.
* Light is the area between the outer parts of a window ( transom, sill and jambs ), usually filled with a glass pane.
Indochina: Dark green: always included, Light green: usually included, Red: sometimes included. Indochinese Region ( biology ): Dark and Light green.
Commercial messages were regarded as intrusive, so these shows usually displayed the sponsor's name in the title, as evidenced by such programs as The A & P Gypsies, Acousticon Hour, Champion Spark Plug Hour, The Clicquot Club Eskimos, The Flit Soldiers, The Fox Fur Trappers, The Goodrich Zippers, The Ingram Shavers, The Ipana Troubadors, The Planters Pickers, The Silvertown Cord Orchestra ( featuring the Silver Masked Tenor ), The Sylvania Foresters, The Yeast Foamers, King Biscuit Time ( with Sonny Boy Williamson ), The Health and Happiness Radio Show ( with Hank Williams ) and the Light Crust Doughboys ( with Bob Wills and Milton Brown ).
Light from the source enters one side, interacts with the sample ( usually also temperature controlled ) in the magnetic field, and exits through the opposite window to the detector.
Light rain usually occurs between December and February.
The term " The Great Game " is usually attributed to Arthur Conolly ( 1807 – 1842 ), an intelligence officer of the British East India Company's Sixth Bengal Light Cavalry.
Each location in the Light World corresponds to a similar location in the Dark World, usually with a similar physical structure but an opposite nature ( e. g. a desert in the Light World corresponds to a swamp in the Dark World, a peaceful village in the Light World corresponds to a dilapidated town of thieves in the Dark World ).
Light refracted or reflected causes patterns called caustics, usually visible as concentrated patches of light on nearby surfaces.
Light sources used in photonics are usually more sophisticated than light bulbs.
Light therapy ( phototherapy ) with a full spectrum lamp or portable visor, usually 10, 000 lux for 30 – 90 minutes at the patient's usual time of spontaneous awakening, or shortly before ( but not long before ), which is in accordance with the phase response curve ( PRC ) for light.
Light intensity is usually low ( e. g. less than one lux ) to reduce feather pecking.
* Light weight ( usually less than ).
* Light weight ( usually less than ).

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