Into the Valley of DeathCannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell. Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell, Rode the six hundred. Alfred Lord Tennyson. Into the Valley of Death brings to life the story behind Tennyson's immortal lines: Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred. In 1854, 670 British cavalrymen, following a disastrous command,