AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Lord Lukaan's First Order of the Day
Lord Lukaan held the cavalry back twice from attacking Russian troops. The decision to be cautious wasn't Lord Lukaan's fault, but he got blamed for it. He didn't want to be known as a dithering bystander and so read General Raglan's first order of the day. Half an hour after sending his first order, General Raglan sent his second. Back up on his vantage point, meanwhile, the old General changed his mind. Perhaps Lord LukaAn had got the positioning right in the first place. Once it understood them, Lukaan realised this was another humiliating retreat.