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Kaiser-Conti — Theirs but to do and die...
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Half a league half a leagueHalf a league onward
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade
Charge for the guns' he said
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldiers knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot & shell,
Boldly they rode & well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turned in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd & sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot & shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them
Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
poem by Alfred, lord Tennyson
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a diabła Boruty galeryję waść widział? ..nie no na dA całkiem znośnie nas Lachów jest ...juz cały klub polski jest ^^
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Muszę tam kiedyś wpaść xD - jak oprychy z Rektoratu mojej uczelni stracą amunicję ^^
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death or glory...
evferyone forgets poor old nolan, hit in the head straight away and trampled by his cavalry....
love the picture though! this one always capture the imagination!
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death or glory...
evferyone forgets poor old nolan, hit in the head straight away and trampled by his cavalry....
love the picture though! this one always capture the imagination!
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by a grenade part I believe? well currently I'm reading Terry Brighton's book "Hell Riders" and this influenced me a lot .. 
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aye! you're right i think, i saw that book too, might read it some day, im on napoleon at the moment!
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Super wyszła Ci ta szarża kawalerii. Dobre tło
Fajnie wyglądają te wybuchajace pociski
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thank you mademoiselle
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You're very welcomed indeed sir
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oh what a lovely teddy thank you!
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You're very welcomed indeed
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Rysunek jest świetny. Fajne tło, i trawa po której galopują jeźdźcy.
Fajnie wygladaja te wybuchajace pociski
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tło jest ble i fuuuj 
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Ah Tennyson...need to read more of him, but the poem and the pic fit nicely together.
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to be honest I only know this poem by Tennyson
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Same here, lately I've been reading into Ginsberg, Beat Poetry intrests me.
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I particularly like the cannonball ricocheting off the ground, called "grazing" by period gunners. A nice touch, and appropriate as wel, given Tennyson's description of massed Russian artillery.
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hey thanks ! ...and thanks for telling me about that "grazing" didn't know that
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Nice. I love the motion here. Very well done on the anatomy of the horses' legs!
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nevertheless I still need to practice them a lot 
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Haha, yeah, they ARE a bloody hard thing to draw! No problem!
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heheh,niezłe, szkoda tylko, że taką techniką nijaką.
no i panowie z kawalerii są strasznie bladzi a la zombi
a sztandary są właśnie najlepsze
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kredki rządzą co chcesz...*carska policja? taak śledzić śledzić..tendencje reakcjonistyczne * farbkami nie umim
tez byś była blada gdyby co chwila nad głową świszczały pociski
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heheh, jaaasne, "ja nie umie"? Nie chce sie i tyle
dlatego ja tylko pokazuje kto co ma robić
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nie umim i już...ostrzegam bede tupał 
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light brigade=good
9th cavalry=slightly better
hey, this slightly resembles my "cavalry charge."
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light brigade: 11th hussars, 17th lancers - excellent cavalry, terribly led
the poem doesnt tell the real story of this battle - they attacked the wrong valley amongst other mistakes...
ever hear of the charge of the heavy brigade? happened the same day only earlier and was an outstanding success!!!
and what about the US 7th cavalry???
(its good to be the king)
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they're excellent except for crappy leadership (i.e. custer). the 9th is a black unit and i heard that black trops in this time period were badasses.
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yeah the 11th hussars were the same as the 7th cav, i'll have a look at the ninth, they do sound cool, ever see glory? thatys a great film!
ps. 101st? i'm going to a 1940's 'thing' this month, it'll be 99% 101st airborne re-enactors; i'm the token english guy!
they have loads of vehicles and all the right uniforms! ill send you some pics of it
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you're thinking about lord Cardigan's & his horse pose? could be...but the rest of the crowd charges with lances not rifles
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oh well, dragoons and carbines own!
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Ja tylko przypomnę, że biel i czerwień zostały zatwierdzone przez Sejm jako narodowe barwy polski w roku 1830 
A rysunek jak zwykle świetny. Bardzo podobają mi się: podłoże, odbijająca się kula, wybuchy, mundury i twarze jeźdźców. Tylko ten lansjer na pierwszym planie wygląda mi na troszkę za wysokiego w stosunku do konia, na którym jedzie. Ale ogólnie praca zasługuje na fejwa.
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