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The Curse of Knowledge Meets The Valley of Death

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Lord Lucan's Fourth and Fatal Order

Cavalry will advance and take advantage of any opportunity to recover the heights. They will be supported by infantry which have been ordered. Another messenger, riding cautiously down the steep slope handed to Lord Lucan. However, exasperated sigh. General Raglan had meant advance straight away. There was still no sign of them. So the cavalrymen decided they might as well relax for a while. Some brought hard boiled eggs from breakfast. Why were the cavalry smoking and drinking? It told them to advance. He turned his telescope towards those captured British cannons on the heights. Could he see Russian soldiers starting to drag away those cannons? That's what it looked like.There was no time to lose

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