<P> Raglan could see what was happening from his high vantage point on the west side of the valley . However, the lie of the land around Lucan and the cavalry prevented him from seeing the Russians' efforts to remove the guns from the redoubts and retreat . </P> <P> The order was drafted by Brigadier Richard Airey and carried by Captain Louis Edward Nolan . Nolan carried the further oral instruction that the cavalry was to attack immediately . When Lucan asked what guns were referred to, Nolan is said to have indicated with a wide sweep of his arm--not the causeway redoubts--but the mass of Russian guns in a redoubt at the end of the valley, around a mile away . His reasons for the misdirection are unknown because he was killed in the ensuing battle . </P> <P> In response to the order, Lucan instructed Cardigan to lead his command of about 670 troopers of the Light Brigade straight into the valley between the Fedyukhin Heights and the Causeway Heights . In his poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1854), Tennyson famously dubbed this hollow "The Valley of Death". </P> <P> The opposing Russian forces were commanded by Pavel Liprandi and included approximately 20 battalions of infantry supported by over 50 artillery pieces . These forces were deployed on both sides and at the opposite end of the valley . </P>

Where did charge of the light brigade take place