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 The poem tells the story of a brigade consisting of 600 soldiers who rode on

horseback into the “valley of death” for half a league (about one and a half  miles) They were obeying a command to charge the enemy forces that had been

sei!ing their guns

league" any of several #uropean units of measurement ranging from $% to %6

statute miles (&' to % km) n #nglish*speaking countries the land league is

generally accepted as 3 statute miles (4.83 km)" although varying lengths

from "+00 feet to 15,000 feet ($$' to 4.57 km) were sometimes employed

, league is an old measurement of distance t was e-ual to about & miles .o

half a league is roughly a mile and a half  t is repeated to set up a military

rhythm" a bit like a march made by a battalion of soldiers

, league is a unit of length (or" in various regions" area) t was long common in

#urope and /atin ,merica" but it is no longer an ocial unit in any nation The

word originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour123 .ince the

4iddle ,ges" many values have been speci5ed in several countries

Ancient Rome

See also: Ancient Roman units of measurement

The league was used in Ancient Rome, defined as 1.5 Roman miles (7,500 Roman feet,

2.2 m, 1.! mi.". The origin is the #leuga gallica# (also: leuca Gallica), the league of  $aul.%2&