How 800 Australian Light Horse Riders Charged A Fortified Turkish Town In Sixty Minutes Of Daylight
#Beersheba #LightHorse #MilitaryHistory By 1917, every military expert agreed the era of the horse soldier was over. The Western Front had proven it. Machine guns, magazine rifles, and trench systems had killed the cavalry charge forever. Then 800 thirsty Australian farm boys, riding horses that had not drunk in 28 hours, did something that had not been done successfully on a battlefield this size since 1871. This documentary reveals the untold story of the Charge at Beersheba on 31 October 1917 — the last great successful mounted charge in modern military history. With 50,000 men and 12,000 horses dying of thirst in the Negev desert, General Sir Harry Chauvel made a decision that cut against every piece of military doctrine in print. He ordered the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade to ride directly into a fortified Turkish line, with no artillery preparation, no covering fire, and the sun already three hours from setting. Discover how Brigadier William Grant's farmers and shearers outran Turkish rifle sights at the gallop, why a 17-inch Lee-Enfield bayonet held in the right hand turned mounted infantry into improvised cavalry, and how a single satchel of false orders — dropped by a British officer named Meinertzhagen — pulled the entire Turkish Eighth Army to the wrong city. 🔥 In this video: The Meinertzhagen Deception: How a fake love letter and a dropped satchel fooled the Ottoman high command into defending Gaza. The Wells of Beersheba: Why capturing seventeen wells before sundown was the only thing standing between Allenby's army and death by thirst. Chauvel's Gamble: The 16:35 decision that broke every rule of modern warfare written since the Somme. The Mauser Problem: Why Turkish rifle sights, calibrated in 100-metre steps, could not keep up with horses moving at 25 miles per hour. The Walers: The Australian stock horses that carried 20 stone of trooper and ammunition for 28 dry hours, then galloped four miles into the muzzle of a fortified line. Sources of Where I get my facts: Gullett, H.S. (1923) The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, Volume VII: The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Bou, J. (2009) Light Horse: A History of Australia's Mounted Arm. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Daley, P. (2009) Beersheba: A Journey Through Australia's Forgotten War. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. Perry, R. (2009) The Australian Light Horse. Sydney: Hachette Australia. Jones, I. (1987) A Thousand Miles of Battles: The Saga of the Australian Light Horse 1914-1918. Melbourne: Time-Life Books. Disclaimer: This video is a historical documentary intended for educational purposes. #Beersheba #LightHorse #MilitaryHistory #WWI #AustralianHistory #CavalryCharge #Allenby #Walers
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