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Cardigan

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Cardigan
7th Earl of, title of James Thomas Brudenell. 1797--1868, British cavalry officer. He led the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava (1854) during the Crimean War.
Cardigan 

a bay of the Irish Sea, on the western coast of Great Britain (Wales). Length, 56 km; width, approximately 102 km; depth, up to 56 m. The shores are rocky. Many rivers drain into Cardigan Bay. Tides are semidiurnal and reach a height of 8 m. Ports include Fishguard and Portmadoc.
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About eleven, the next morning's papers were able to say, a squadron of hussars, two Maxims, and about four hundred men of the Cardigan regiment started from Aldershot.
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I remember he wore a brown Cardigan jacket, and I know precisely the spot, in the midst of the array of bottles, from which he took the bottle of red-coloured syrup.
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