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 consisted usually of lighter armed and armoured men, who could have lances, javelins or missile weapons, such as bows or crossbows.

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

The first directors of the Manchester Light and Power Company were John Marsden, M. L. Manley, William F. Orvis, George Smith, and John Blackmer.

Light elements, primarily hydrogen and helium, were created in the Big Bang.

Starting in 1756, seven regiments of Light Dragoons were raised.

In several stages between 1816 and 1861, the 21 existing Light Dragoon regiments in the British Army were disbanded or converted to lancers or hussars.

The Australian Light Horse were similar to dragoon regiments in many regards, being mounted infantry which normally fought on foot, their horses ' purpose being transportation.

The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade became famous for the Battle of Beersheba in 1917 where they charged on horseback using rifle bayonets, since neither sabres or lances were part of their equipment.

The Doors were banned on September 17, 1967 after they were asked to remove the lyric " Girl, we couldn't get much higher " from their song " Light My Fire " ( CBS censors believed that it was too overt a reference to drug use ).

Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO ) were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001.

Lynne, Wood and Bev Bevan were the founding members of Electric Light Orchestra.

The Electric Light Orchestra Story, Bev Bevan's memoirs from his early days and throughout his career with The Move and ELO, were also published in 1980.

They were a part of the French 6th Light Armoured Division, whose mission was to protect the coalition's left flank.

Iceman and Angel were sent to watch over the Light in Canada, Laurie.

The word " Kerosene " was registered as a trademark by Abraham Gesner in 1854, and for several years, only the North American Gas Light Company and the Downer Company ( to which Gesner had granted the right ) were allowed to call their lamp oil " Kerosene " in the United States.

Light cruiser development continued with the Dresden class light cruisers, which were to become famous for their actions in the start of World War I in the pacific.

Under the terms of the Treaty, Luxembourg and the newly formed Duchy of Limburg, both members of the Germanic Confederation, were together required to provide a Federal Contingent distributed among a Light Infantry Battalion garrisoned in Echternach, a Cavalry Squadron in Diekirch, and an Artillery detachment in Ettelbruck.

However, the other walls were moved when the Old Light was constructed in 1819.

Mani believed that the teachings of Buddha, Zoroaster, and Jesus were incomplete, and that his revelations were for the entire world, calling his teachings the " Religion of Light.

In 1861 the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers were raised as a militia, but soon became a military reserve force.