On the road to Jerusalem | World War One - The Battle of Beersheba

105 years ago, during World War One, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George ordered the Egyptian Expeditionary Force to capture Jerusalem by Christmas. The Allied victory at the Battle of Beersheba, on the road to the city, was a grave setback for the Ottoman Empire and led to the eventual defeat of the Central Powers in what was then Palestine.
Watch this fascinating insight into the Battle, with our Official Historian at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, George Hay, and our Social Media Manager, Alexander Marchi.
George sets out the military context in which the battle was fought and explores the use of mounted divisions, dispelling some long-held misconceptions about that battle and the war effort in the Middle East.
Finally, we discuss how we commemorate those who fell in battle, far from home.
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[@josephlezano7691]

Interesting , great tribute . Nicely explained and commemorated . It's humbling to learn and realise on how those that gave their lives fell in battle in that part of the world , theatres of war . They shall never be forgotten . These video's keep history alive . Keep them coming . Well done ! British Gibraltar UK Overseas Territory 🇬🇧

[@nathanroberts355]

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

[@pshehan1]

I remember reading a short account at school called The Wells of Beersheba. As I recall the horses had been without water for some time and the charge was aimed at capturing the wells before the Turks could destroy them with explosives.

[@heatherwade16]

My Father was in the 3rd Light Horse Battalion in Beersheba. His name was Tom Edgar Douglas. He was a South Australian. Beersheba is now a large city with lots of traffic jams and the cost of living is very high.

[@michael5265]

Except for Australia & New Zealand where it is well known

[@NSWLancer]

Sad that the so-called "expert" is a Pommie with limited understanding of the campaign. The "charge" was not that, it was an approach at the gallop and dismount on objective following a day of preparatory fighting including the taking of Tes el Saba (clearing the flank of the approach). All 12 Australian LH Regts in Palestine and the NZMR were involved, not just 2 Regiments. Light horse drills were not chaotic in the chaos of war. He does not mention Chauvel, the one who committed the 4 LH Bde at Be'er Sheva Hope next year, he is not the one to talk about Le Hamel.

[@HenriHattar]

In refars to propoganda and to this presentation IN particular, on the WESTERN front in WW1 Australian forces took 25% of all land against the Germans and inflicted 25% of ALL casualties on the Germans on the western front IN SPITE OF ONLY being 10% of the allied forces. And WITH the charge at Beersheba, the British had been held to a stalemate until this action took place.

[@Hendo1955]

No knowledge saddly a professor in so called uk uniniversity