Sergeant Jack Crossman's second adventure is set at the notorious Battle of Balaclava, where he is witness to the tragic and hopeless charge of the Light Brigade. Sergeant Jack Crossman of the 88th, seriously wounded on one of his near-suicide missions to the besieged city of Sebastopol, takes pa rt in the "thin red line" and witnesses the charge of the Light Brigade, as well as the more successful charge of the Heavy Brigade, in the Battle of Balaclava.