PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, Maine, Dec. 9, 1854  

* Charge of the Light Brigade 
* Battle of Balaclava - Crimean War

The most notable content would be the full column report headed: "The Calvary Charge" which was the famous charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. It took place at the Battle of Balaclava, during Britain's war with Russia.
Poet Alfred Lloyd Tennyson made the battle famous with his poem "Charge of the Light Brigade", which ironically was first published on the date of this newspaper. 
Eight pages, tabloid-size, nice condition.

AI notes: The Charge of the Light Brigade, fought on October 25, 1854, during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, was a tragic and heroic cavalry assault by British forces against Russian artillery. Miscommunication among British commanders led Major General the Earl of Cardigan to lead about 600 light cavalrymen down a mile-long valley flanked by Russian guns, rather than attacking a smaller battery as intended. As they charged, the men were pounded by crossfire from three sides, suffering devastating losses—over 270 casualties and hundreds of horses killed or wounded. Though the charge failed militarily, the courage and discipline of the soldiers became legendary, celebrated in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” which memorialized their valor with the famous line, “Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die.” The episode has since stood as a powerful symbol of both heroic bravery and the futility of war born from blunder.