When man and horse are 1, when courage and fear are 1, may these legends stay forever in the annuals of history let the stories of the light brigades charge be remembered as one the greatest feats done by Australian troops, may they find the peace they fought for

Shame on Australian 31 October 2024 not one mention anywhere

Horses love to race other horses, and the smell of water didn't go amiss either. An observer of the charge had to jump out of the way, his hair standing on end. He said the blokes were screaming their guts out!

This is why so many countries want Australia as an allie

The ride of th brave

Except they didn’t have swords at that time, so they used their bayonets.

remember the name Author Wood. because he could.

800 Australians did what 60000 British could not, because they were better men.

A tribute to my Father Sister Sergent Tom Walden 1892 to 1967 WW!1 and WW2 Yes, my father was born at Wagga Wagga in 1892 and lived near Narrigin NSW on a farm and served in the 8th Light Horse regiment at Bethsheba and transferred to the 3rd regiment which was the medical unit on/off, later to be Sergent sister Tom in the Concord Army Hospital in WW2. He claimed he was the only nursing sister and male in the Army WW2 all others were ladies. He always said the Light Horse mounted infantry in WW1 were 4 men, so that in any engagement one soldier was to attend to the 4 horses to the ground while the other 3 engaged the enemy. His description of the events at Bethsheba was quite different to the popular description provided by the Army PR releases at the time. The Army PR units often made up events that were planned to suit the time and satisfy people back in Aus??? In fact, him being there he did not find out the details about the so-called charge (like the charge light brigade) until he returned to Australia sometime later and many other stories of gallantry later after the war. Yes, they were not cavalry they did not fight on horseback with swords. It was almost impossible to fire a rifle from horseback, whether the horse was standing still or charging or even just moving. "Hollywood changed all that", he would say. The horses transporting the soldiers were not watered for 5 or 6 days by strict order of the CO of the regiment. In the morning they placed their rain gear on the ground so the dew would collect and they let the horses lick it. That helped a bit, My father was orphaned and fostered on a farm at 9 y/o and spent his time on a farm attending to the horses till he joined the light horse at 21 y/o. His skills attending to horses as an orphan made a very valuable soldier In WW1, he became an expert at treating wounded men on the battlefield and also horses. He was an army nursing sister in WW2 at Concord Army Hospital NSW and at a few other army bases until he retired in 1952. He did enjoy being called Sister Sergent Tom at Concord Hospital with the many men he treated., He always said laughter was very important for helping mostly young wounded soldiers to recover. We lived near the Army hospital and often visited, all 8 of us all Sister Toms kids and Mum and talked to many wounded soldiers. They spoiled us kids, many were US soldiers They would often sit on their beds and feed us chocolate. ( I remember) Hmmm.. My father Sister Sergent Tom was granted an Army TPI pension when he retired at 65 Y/O.

tHATS WHY ISTS GONNA WORK,,,,,

Beers????? count me in

My great grandfather Thomas Joseph canny was a lighthorseman at Beersheba in the first world war

Anzacs, Brits ,Yanks and Canadians..unstoppable force! Glad were all together!

After learning about Australian light horse men I got a lesson that, Heavy armoury advanced weapons can't get you victory in war it is your will of heart and inspiration to win for the right side

When a Auusie is raidng at you with a bayonet or sword on a galloping half ton horse....surrender or die.

My favourite war film and one of my favourite Australian films. What an inspiration that the story of the light horsemen is in this movie and history. May these examples of bravey be inspirational for our Ukrainian allies against Putler's attacks.

what great sacrifice

Let's prepare for the final war. Using bow and arrows, sword and horse

Probably the greatest cavalry charge in history and they were mounted infantry and the losses were remarkably low possibly because it was believed that they would dismount and fight on foot at some point. Well, they did at least with some that dismounted after jumping two trenches to take them out.

The video background music f...d up everything.....

I wonder IF! any horses got hurt during the making of this account!????

That 5 km charge would have taken 3 minutes. The Turks would barely have loaded their cannons twice.

Could u hear them coming at you?

Hello to my commonwealth cousins from Tamil Nadu, India. 15,000 of my countrymen were at Galipoli, not sure about Gaza though.

Whoever added the music deserves to be shot.

FYI, Capt Fowles one of the leaders in the charge, later Lt Col Fowles, is buried in the Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane.

Happy anniversary to the Light horsemen 1917-2020

what brave men respect both sides from Turkey

Im a fan of ww1 history. My respects to the brave and disciplined men of both armies.

What movie?

Looks shit compared to Eurasian nomads cavalry

Charge at Huj was another cavalry charge similar to this one, also in 1917. The cavalry were British.

Can you imagine the "oh shit" moment when you realise these mad bastards are actually going to get close enough to hit you with their swords.....

The reason for the mad charge was they thought they were going for Beer Sheilas!

All Ottoman army had to do is horse spikes in thousands feet from their trenches and some wide holes with sharp wood sticks pointing toward the attackers and let the rest to the machine guns......The Australians could plan Second attack or even third but all would failed ....( usually any attacking side rely on numbers . The British use those tactics too so called- Keep pressing on ...throwing thousands after thousands until they capture the objective)... Having machine guns in every possible positions it will make the attackers look like ground beef.....

WOW JUST WOW incredible charge

That rivalled any mounted charge in History, an incredible feat!

You know shits getting real when the horses are in the trenches

The music ruins it

Pity Aus and NZ supported the wrong side. We should of supported the Germans and Turks.

Never did understand what made cavalry ineffective against the trench warfare of WW1. I mean, yeah they're bigger targets to aim at but I'd think the speed of a horse would enable you to close the distance with machine gunners and artillerymen and take them out.

Being from Australia makes me proud of my forefathers

This was a very funny battle actually, the Turks and German officers were so used of the Australian horseman to hop off there horse and shoot, but they stayed on their horse.

My great great uncle was in this battle. He was 21, already had lost his older brother in the war. He was a lieutenant(which was very very young for his age) and in this battle you see that a guy captured 5 of the Turk solders, then asked someone to take over. That was my great great uncle. He also killed another five. He go awarded the Military Cross from his actions. He died on 14 July 1918, from a massive brave thing that got him awarded the Victoria cross.

3:20 Not trying to be rude but you be saluting the wrong side

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All those horses killed in war from man's greed

I am so proud to be a descendant of these brave men

Any calvalry man will understand. Your compagion wheter it is a flesh and blood horse or a steel tank. You take care of it and it will take care of you. And if the need arises we ride together we die together. Cavalry for life

When CGI is useful, lol