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To: SAMWolf
His command force included forty British regulars of the 17th Dragoons,

Subsequently designated the 17th Lancers, this regiment rode in the center of the first line of the "Charge of the Light Brigade" at Balaclava. Now part of the Queen's Royal Lancers.


13 posted on 04/29/2004 6:34:19 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (No matter where you go, there you are.)
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To: CholeraJoe
Subsequently designated the 17th Lancers, this regiment rode in the center of the first line of the "Charge of the Light Brigade" at Balaclava.

Thanks CholeraJoe, learned something new again today.

22 posted on 04/29/2004 7:19:39 AM PDT by SAMWolf (War is God's way of teaching us geography)
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Good morning CJ. Thanks for the information on the Lancers. I like the logo.
30 posted on 04/29/2004 8:08:58 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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