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Its members showed bravery when put in charge (5,7)

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light brigade

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(Other definitions for light brigade that I've seen before include "they made mistaken charge" , "Unit commemorated by 1" , "Ill-fated cavalry unit in Crimean War" , "The charge of the -- -- (Tennyson)" , "The "noble six hundred"" .)

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