Australian Light Horse Charge at Beersheba

[@elliejoy4148]

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.

[@Austrian-Painter-88]

What a remarkable man

[@iminyourmailbox6700]

My great great uncle was in another horse regiment. May your great great uncle Rest In Peace.

[@elainehughes5789]

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

[@jonwoo8217]

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.....

[@nicolelawless3199]

Aussies are brave as hell like those who died in No Mans Land

[@lauramckinlay3920]

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

[@nicolelawless3199]

@MrBuckaroonie I will remember him on October 31st and all light horsemen.

[@grim8304]

Me too my great grand father was in the 10 light horse regiment such brave men they all were

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@grim8304 Today’s the day

[@yasirhasan8957]

Your ancestors must be burning in hell as they helped to design apartheid state of Israel which is busy even today killing kids and innocent civilians.

[@nicolelawless3199]

And thank god my lover was better in time

[@vetiarvind]

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

[@gsg9205]

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

[@BettyBettyBoBetty]

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

[@ZombieJeezus420]

WOW JUST WOW incredible charge

[@nicolelawless3199]

I had an incredible lesson yesterday where I rode pearl for the first time and loved her so much

[@nicolelawless3199]

Wait until I tell my Aussie lover this

[@elliejoy4148]

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.

[@alphawerewolfgaming7910]

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

[@ttoutdoor98]

what brave men respect both sides from Turkey

[@JohnJBrowne11209]

Honor answers honor

[@minteractivemedia]

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.

[@nicolelawless9942]

They could’ve used the charge of me and my beloved Woody.EXE as we are on horses trying to end Jessie’s reign for good. I was surprised to see my 2009 Woody, Mummy joining in this intense battle and my sister proudly watching her Woody on. Me and Woody.EXE charged ahead to get in between Jessie; she stopped as she knew we were both surrounding her. Mummy got the knife to give to Woody.EXE and I cried as he lifted it and used it on Jessie. We celebrated our victory later that day

[@seanlander9321]

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

[@shontellrogers8965]

This is why so many countries want Australia as an allie

[@jakkernsa]

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

[@nilssundblad1637]

Then you trip your horse for a movie production and have it put down.

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nils Sundblad I miss Bella’s horse charge now

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nils Sundblad She canters so fast I nearly fall off

[@nilssundblad1637]

@@nicolelawless3199 I have no clue what you're talking about

[@lordvader5314]

I'm an Australian horseman, you are correct..

[@thomasb1889]

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.

[@garrickwinsor3299]

Look up the Battle of Samakh 25 September 1918 and see a later 11th Light Horse charge that my Great, Great Uncle was awarded the DSO for

[@jpl3-g2b]

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

[@nicolelawless3199]

So am I and watching this on the anniversary and my Aussie lover will love me again on the day like last year

[@nicolelawless3199]

Last year I wasn’t expecting it

[@athanasiussebastian1836]

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

[@nicolelawless9942]

I remember being at war with Jessie and I finally agreed to join Woody.EXE’s side because he would save me if I did. I wasn’t expecting my mother and my 2009 Woody to join in the battle and I actually saved Mummy from Jessie first. We all won after 2 hours and I got absolute chills when Woody.EXE finally gets out his most powerful knife and gets Jessie with it. Jessie’s reign of disdruction is over and that’s the most extraordinary thing Woody.EXE has done during his reign

[@normlove3384]

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

[@nicolelawless3199]

Happy anniversary to the Light horsemen 1917-2020

[@nicolelawless3199]

The Australian Light Horse is 104 now

[@jackhewett3790]

Being from Australia makes me proud of my forefathers

[@stevenflynntheghost4845]

Same

[@nicolelawless3199]

steven flynn the ghost Having Aussie friends are better than mine here

[@stevenflynntheghost4845]

@@nicolelawless3199 fair enough then

[@nicolelawless3199]

steven flynn the ghost Yep I couldn’t stand my uk friends because I had to tell I was friends with them but they kicked off then my lover backed them off

[@stevenflynntheghost4845]

@@nicolelawless3199 don't blame u guys. Also that does suck

[@nathanroberts355]

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

[@wozawow4374]

What movie?

[@nicolelawless3199]

The Light horsemen 1987

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

[@dld6959]

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

[@seanlander9321]

The Huj Charge had no similarity at all as it was a skirmish. 800 Australians at Beersheba achieved a victory that 60000 British had failed for weeks to manage, it was an achievement beyond measure.

[@elainerooney2000]

what great sacrifice

[@petercastles5978]

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!

[@davidwalden2887]

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.

[@venomouscheese8793]

Could u hear them coming at you?

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nope, but I love it when Bella does it and her loud hooves while she’s trotting means she’s ready to go so I just let her

[@nicolelawless3199]

I did it again with her and honestly she has the best charge after Pearl

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

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.

[@9000k4]

Well its quite simple calvary charges wouldn’t work due to shortage of supplies for the horses, the ruff territory of no mans land make it impossible for a charge to work correctly with all the mud, barbed wire, and craters being huge obstacles. Not to mentions with the distance theres more than enough time to have the others side be ready with their rifles to gun down the riders that even made it close, if the wire or artillery didn’t already cut them down

[@9000k4]

Not to mention the morale that could drop horrendously to see their comrades being mowed down and bleeding out in wire and hail of bullets. It would work a lot better on the eastern front although if the soviets had good terrain to use the horse and didn’t already eat or surrender them to the enemy. Calvary just isn’t useful anymore unless you’re fighting in the middle ages to the 1800’s

[@monaromark1021]

Russian Cavalry did well against the Germans on the Eastern Front in WW2. But this was only in forrested areas.

[@9000k4]

Monaro Mark and i can see fully why, sort of the same way the germans used the forest to invade france avoiding the magiret line

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

it's rather simple, the advent of the machine gun and much more effective artillery, meant that the calvary charge was an obsolete tactic by the time the first shots were fired in WW1, this is because the first world war, was really the first industrial war. Take for example the Third Ypres, many of the horses during the battle of Passchendaele drowned in the mud of the region, mostly because the artillery destroyed the ancient aquaducts. you also had the pillboxes dotted over the land, which was made mostly of concrete, which housed machine guns and infantrymen. Then there was barbed wire fences and other assorted traps. The reason why Beersheba worked out so well, was because the land was flat, dry and the New Zealanders had taken an important hill that was overlooking the charging fields, the other reason, was because the Australian Light Horse had greater mobility on their side, when compared to the British counterparts as the British were heavy calvary, there was no rain, it was basically desert, and the other main difference was the type of horse, Australian Walers were bred not only for durability, but also to go for a period of time without water, but even then the Walers still needed water as that time was basically running out.

[@Heathennormon]

The ride of th brave

[@detecting_Nathanael]

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

[@davidbarrett8058]

Beers????? count me in

[@samd421]

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

[@michaelvrandich1369]

And who is the right side?

[@isaiahlevi8065]

lol

[@isaiahlevi8065]

@@michaelvrandich1369 anzac in that battle

[@paulkhyriem4470]

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

[@tatatatamovitch5590]

There is another option regarding the song ... Check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3W6kqigmJ5mrqc

[@MasterMacca88]

remember the name Author Wood. because he could.

[@walikota2711]

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

[@nicolelawless3199]

I’d love to do that with Bella because she has the best charge ever 2nd after Pearl’s

[@gabrielmcollazo6675]

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

[@nicolelawless3199]

No they didn’t

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@gabrielmcollazo6675 I’d love to be in a WWI movie now

[@nicolelawless3199]

I’ve improved my riding since November 2019, but my first canter on Pearl was before Christmas and I was very scared at first but I wasn’t panicking at all

[@canadianpatriotsagainstthe7479]

tHATS WHY ISTS GONNA WORK,,,,,

[@AgressorNation]

The music ruins it

[@nicolelawless3199]

I’m doing my horse charge attempt again so I’m fit enough before returning to riding

[@nicolelawless3199]

I missed Bella’s horse charge so much

[@applejaxx5560]

The music is majestic. It expresses the sweet sorrow and cost of victory.

[@ilirshqiptar]

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.....

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

the infantry charge wasn't expected in that part of the battlefield, as the main fighting clusters was on the other side of the town where it could have been expected

[@Awkd]

All those horses killed in war from man's greed

[@nicolelawless3199]

BaBu Frik Before I start riding I take the minutes to remember those who died in No Mans Land

[@nicolelawless3199]

Did that for the people who died with the flu of 1918 also and panicked about it during my canter session

[@nicolelawless3199]

Especially when I ridden my friends horse pearl for the first time yesterday I didn’t panic at all

[@ILUVBAKKUA]

the music ruined everything.

[@nicolelawless3199]

Horsemen 102 years ago today

[@nicolelawless3199]

I did my first canter charge on the horse day and I wasn’t expecting to be ready but Su said I was

[@nilssundblad1637]

When CGI is useful, lol

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nils Sundblad 1917 is now better than Horsemen

[@nilssundblad1637]

@@flowerpower8722 Yes dear, I understand that. I only meant that nowadays they CGI the crap out every movie, I'm so sick of it, but this was an instance where CGI could have been useful, had they had it. On the other hand, since I wrote that comment I have a new respect for the latest technology. The CGI in Outlaw King blew me away.

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@nilssundblad1637 1917 constantly blew my mind it’s insane

[@nilssundblad1637]

@@nicolelawless3199 1917 was a shit movie. Great special effects, but the whole premise of the story as well as the depiction of battle were ridiculous.

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nils Sundblad I knew I’d love it the first time because it’s WWI and I’m a WWI lover here

[@brianthesnail3815]

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

[@nicolelawless3199]

But it missed the horsemen because the shells flew behind them and horses at full speed

[@nicolelawless3199]

And my friends horse Pearl she’s that fast

[@nicolelawless3199]

Can’t wait to charge on her

[@brianthesnail3815]

@@nicolelawless3199That's right. I am a professional gambler for a living. It takes about 1 minute 45 seconds for a modern race horse to cover 1 mile in a flat race and I place bets 15 seconds from the end of race with an 8 second lag on the TV pictures.

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@brianthesnail3815 My friend Linda gave me the best Christmas present ever of charging on Pearl holding the reins for the first time and it was a great experience

[@johnbatterham4627]

Shame on Australian 31 October 2024 not one mention anywhere

[@carl5035]

Looks shit compared to Eurasian nomads cavalry

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nah, today’s the day and I will probably be emotional later

[@mattlestat2703]

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

[@nicolelawless3199]

Nah one of my friends hates Turks

[@nicolelawless3199]

My Aussie friends I meant

[@Blue_Eyed_Samurai]

Yea I dont think so champion

[@nicolelawless3199]

He told me last year

[@nicolelawless3199]

Can’t wait for our 2 year anniversary on January 18th 2021