Beersheba
Ok, odd post, but I was thinking about the battle of Beersheba, the great charge of the lighthorse, and possibly the last cavalry charge in modern warfare. (Yanni gave me a DVD of the "Lighthorseman" which was pretty cool, and it is depicted in it).
Anyways, the odd thing about the battle is that British and Australian troops had to attack this town, which involved a charge at it across an open plain with no cover.
The British cavalry were otherwise unavailable, so the Australian light horse said they would.
So the odd thing I find is...The Australian light horse are doing this great cavalry charge against German and Turkish soldiers, who are in in trenches, with machine guns. But the lighthorse don't have swords.
So the Australian lighthorse charges with knives in their hands. They are actually bayonets, but for all intensive purposes, they are long knives.
After some thought the other day, thats a pretty gutsy thing to do, charge four miles across an open plain at some guys dug in trenches, firing machine guns, artillery and rifles at you, holding just a knife as a weapon.
Anyways, the odd thing about the battle is that British and Australian troops had to attack this town, which involved a charge at it across an open plain with no cover.
The British cavalry were otherwise unavailable, so the Australian light horse said they would.
So the odd thing I find is...The Australian light horse are doing this great cavalry charge against German and Turkish soldiers, who are in in trenches, with machine guns. But the lighthorse don't have swords.
So the Australian lighthorse charges with knives in their hands. They are actually bayonets, but for all intensive purposes, they are long knives.
After some thought the other day, thats a pretty gutsy thing to do, charge four miles across an open plain at some guys dug in trenches, firing machine guns, artillery and rifles at you, holding just a knife as a weapon.