The Lighthorsemen - Charge at Beersheba
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2009
- Dal film Lighthorsemen: attacco nel deserto (The Lighthorsemen, Australia, 1987) di Simon Wincer, con Jon Blake, Peter Phelps, John Walton e Tim McKenzie. Spettacolare ricostruzione della carica degli Australian Light Horse a Beersheba, il 31.10.1917 durante la campagna di Palestina. In meno di un'ora gli Australiani presero la cittadina, incuranti del pesante fuoco dell'artiglieria e delle mitragliatrici turche.
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From The Lighthorsemen (Australia, 1987) directed by Simon Wincer, with Jon Blake, Peter Phelps, John Walton e Tim McKenzie. Extraordinary reconstruction of the Australian Light Horse charge at Beersheba (31 Oct 1917), during the campaign of Palestine. Within less than one hour, the Australians took the city regardless of the Turkish artillery and machine guns heavy fire. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I never tire of this piece of camera work. The logistics, the angles, the lighting and above all the horsemanship. It really is mastered to perfection and no CGI. A fitting memory to these incredible Men and Horses of the magnificent Australian Light Horse. 🇦🇺
100%. Remember when I first watched it all those years ago. The call to charge and the thunder of all those horses. Amazing.
Those magnificent horses and brave men . Lest we forget.
Hell Yeah Thank you Aussies
One of the best battle scenes in film, both realistically portrayed and compelling to watch.
WARNING !!!! Don't mess with the Aussies. Respect for the UK.
Hahahaha . No one messes with my lover from Australia either NEVER. Even my uk friends tried
Also dont ever mess a very cool UK👋
Am from spain lol
@@porkchop2325 👍🏼
My great grandfather was in this charge. He had 3 horses shot from under and he was gassed but he made it home safe. So proud
Proud for helping create Israel and oppressing Palestinians?
@@akifsyed17 fuck off idiot, aussies fought and died to free palestine and many other countries. Had they not these countries would probably not even exist,. go talk to the english and americans about israel, the ones actually involved in its creation.
My great grandfather on my mother's side was also in this charge.
Mate, true blue legend in your blood.
@@Fleetfoot01 legend.
The Horses were the tough Australian Walers, no other horse could go without water for three days travelling across the desert. This breed almost went extinct in Australia but thankfully they are being bred. This never give up tradition was carried on in 1941 when the Australian 9th and 7th Division held Tobruk against Erwin Rommels Afrika Corps.
steamdaysstoker fuck oath mate I like to see any other horse breed on earth attempt that
Gavin, I was referring to the "never give up" attitude of Australians particularly against overwhelming adversary in battles won and lost, you do it for your mate, you do it for Australia. I was never suggesting that horses were used in Tobruk, though interestingly my Father in Law in the Australian Army during WW 11 spent much of his time breaking horses for the Army.
Unfortunately I am not the person who made the comment about Australians.
he said something like if he had two australian divisions germany would win the war
dean counts Waler horses can go without water for almost 3 days but still charged its bloody insane
The reason that the Aussies were so successful in this attack was because they saw the sign " BEER" the other half of the sign (Sheeba) had fallen off! Now you know I'm just kidding, so, no nasty comments please. I'm an Aussie myself. We have a unique ability of laughing at ourselves.
Mate, I suspect there is half a truth in your observation. Old saying - never get between an Aussie and a frothie. These blokes and their mounts were something else....I don’t think I’d have the guts to do what these men and horses did. Bloody proud of them.
I guess not only the horses needed water, the cavalry men needed something to wash their dry mouths too.
Relic Hunter not any more ... the snowflakes get offended to easily
Relic Hunter Aw that means I have love in ya just because your a Aussie. The Light horsemen I love more
Bloody fantastic. Brilliant change of tactics. Turks/Germans totally caught cold! Good on yer (I'm a silly pom by the way :-))!!
The thundering of those horses is so addicting, who else went and looked up more cavalry charge scenes after watching this?
Zach Zier straight away searched the ride of rohemea
I felt the same way. The thundering of horses charging, that metallic zing when they drew their bayonet.
Holy Fuck,........I’m loaded with adrenaline after watching this.
Look up the British cavalry charge at waterloo and the charge of the light brigade if you enjoyed this one mate
Bullet-Tooth Tony I liked Waterloo
This totally beats the Scots greys Charge
Out of 800, only 30 of the australian light horse were killed whilst they captured over 1,900 ottoman troops.
I'd say it was miraculous.
@@anthonythistle1465 as you see they got under the field guns but apparently went under the fire of the machine guns who were set at 1600meters but they were going so fast that they were past it by the time the gunners woke up and then moved so fast that the the trurks couldnt adjust range fast enough.thr infantry fire was inaccurate and many turks fled no disparagement to them but they were unused to the chilling effect a mass cavalry charge has on soldiers and having them bearing down on your now indefensible position meant death if they stayed and knowing what cavalry can do masses of retreating troops surrendered wisley.take nothing away from the magnificent light horse their gamble could have wound up as a slaughter.the turks were expecting a lengthy seige with the australians potting the odd shot or mounting a foot attack which they could easily defend against.the light horsemens courage ingenuity and sheer bloody madness won the day and uniquely saved a great deal of lives on both sides.
@@mikekemp9877 No, the Turkish machine gunners were taken out by British supporting artillery. The MGs weren't in the trenches but in flanking positions and each time one opened up the pommie gunners would hit them with very accurate direct fire. Saved a lot of Light Horse lives.
"only 30 of the australian light horse were killed whilst they captured over 1,900 ottoman troops."
True, but in fairness this was at the close of a long battle involving tens of thousands of troops. Everyone on both sides were knackered by this point. The British side had to capture Beersheba and its wells or the whole battle had been a waste. The Australian cavalry commanders saw that one area of the Turkish position had poor defences (no barbed wire or anti-cavalry pits) so they decided to risk a quick charge.
@@mikem9001 sorry i was going by the australians govt reports of the battle.i thought theyd be accurate especially as a lot of historians quote them in every book ive seen. your research is obviously superior.also ive seen interviews of survivors of the charge who said the same thing.however i know in battle things get confused! thanks for a great post and the correction.
Even today Walers are still the toughest horse on the planet. Not the biggest or the fastest but the hardiest by far.
Russell Coight yes they were. The Australian Light Horse wasn’t easy to take down. Good old Australians for saving my beloved Beersheba
Read the book, "bill the bastard" you'll like that
Bert Murphy my mate probably will. He loved horsemen so did I
British command: “They won’t charge”..
Australian light horse: hold my beer 🍺
White Northman Turks: they won’t charge
Me and Australian Light Horse: you just wait for it
Warren552011 or Turkish said they won’t charge but they lied
@Warren552011 You are right, he was a German Officer.
Wayne Haile Haha Aussie x
@Warren552011 Captain Reichert played by Shane Briant
I don't know what it is but a cavalry charge is always a simultaneously one of the most inspiring and terrify thing to see real or movie
Amazing so proud of my adopted countrymen I was born in Scotland and have lived in the best country in the World for the last 51 years (So I know) Proud to be an Aussie (Even though I still haven't mastered the language.
My great grandfather was born scot and in the Australian light horse. Lest we forget.
WE ARE OF MANY LANGUAGES
In answer to Samurai Momo's comment about the horses being without water for close to three days, you have to keep in mind that these magnificent animals can smell water over long distances. While the Lighthorsemen were charging the enemy, their horses were charging the wells.
my great grandfather was at this battle what you're talking about is insulting and bullshit the horses were well trained
my great grandfather lost a leg at this battle he said when he looked around after he had been thrown his horse and saw the horses trying to pick up the dead riders trying to wake them up most eventually just gave up and laid down next to them some were trying to drag the injured to safety and one he never forgot was a horse that had been shot in the leg and was desperately tying to drag his injured rider behind a rock but the horse was too injured to do it so it instead laid down in front of the rider allowing its self to get shot in order to protect him
you have no idea how amazing these animals were they were soldiers in their own right so no they were not looking for water
stop spreading this bullshit
my great uncle was also there and his memoirs (which are published and held in the National Library in Canberra) say his horse, and the horses of many of his mates, COULD smell the water. I'm afraid your great grandfather's stories sound a bit far fetched.
@indeed, sounds like your great grandfather glorified the story a bit too much, made it sound like the horses cared. "Drag them to safety, take the bullets for their riders", are you kidding me xD
@@BringDHouseDown haha, funny
Give a horse water. See what she or he will do for you.
Australians stopped the Japanese at Milne Bay before Kokoda. It was the first major victory and defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific and gave the troops at Kokoda a huge morale booster knowing the Japanese were not invincible. But who even knows about the great battle and victory of Australian solders many of whom were young teenagers and rookies later backed up by the experienced troops and daring Kitty Hawk piolet's.
Fred Bone Good . Those Australians were bloody amazing eh why can’t I be one??. I’m glad to be on their side so ha
Almost but not quite. The defeat of the Japanese forces at Milne Bay was the first defeat that the Japanese Land forces had suffered during WW2. The Japanese had already suffered heavy naval losses at the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Coral Sea and these losses, together with Milne Bay, helped to remove the 'air of invincibility' surrounding the Japanese forces.
Ian Raper Japanese almost invaded Australia in WW2 if they did my lover won’t be here
@@nicolelawless3199 the IJA never had any plans to invaded australia
2/48 Th Bn got 4 VC's between Tobruk and New Guinea campaigns
God bless the Australians.
No other bastard will
N Brown
My Australian friends have acted weird lately due to the virus spreading. They were tough on me I think it’s because they’re worried sick.
I’m worried sick about my lover there
Hats off to the editor, really fantastic job!!
I met the Great, Great Grandsons of some of these men depicted here, and they are ever bit as brave and ballsy as the mounted infantry.
The crazy things about this movie is it doesn't matter where I see it or what format I see it in, I still here the word Beersheba in an Australian accent.
they had a lot of guts
Ah, Beersheba… the Last Great Cavalry Charge.
Wrong. Mounted Infantry.
@@murph7421 Dispite the fact, he is wrong. The Light Horse never was, Cavalry. As an Australian ex-serviceman, you can seriously shut the fuck up and get your fact right, arsehole.
Kopfjäger Shut up you. Your German So you don’t care for the Light horsemen then
@@nicolelawless3199 Fool.
Kopfjäger who you calling a fool it’s true because of what you said
Amazing how the enemies assumed that they wouldn't charge, yet were completely thrown off guard when Australian light horsemen commenced a charge which ended up with the Aussies taking the small town. Takes a lot of guts to put it all on the line, the Colonial armies were truly some of the best in the first World War.
That's because the Light horse weren't Calvary as the guy said in the beginning.
The Australian Light Horse were Mounted Infantry. They would typically use horse's to cross large distances quickly, but they would Dismount and then enter battle on foot with a few soldiers left behind to tend the horses. The Australian Light Horse had also never been used as a Calvary unit hence the idea that the Turks did not expect a Calvary charge, However that's pure fiction.
In reality the turkish forces did assume they were charging, however at Beersheba the ridge line blocked line of sight so the turks didn't see them until they came down the slope at full gallop. (there's a reason for this but it's way too long to explain here and involves day's of operational stuff leading up to the charge)
The Turkish guns had been calibrated for a much longer range and simply couldn't recalibrate fast enough to accurately hit the Light Horse as they came over the ridge line. Many soldiers of the light horse reported shrapnel whizzing by their heads as the turkish guns desperately tried to gauge the right distance. As the film shows in just a few minutes they were under the main gun lines.
The German planes trying to drop bombs on the 4th and the 12th as they charged was also much more intense then what's in the film, their bombs were kicking up smoke clouds which at some points completely obscured the charging troopers. Luckily planes and bombs were primitive back then and hitting horses at full gallop proved an almost impossible task.
Additionally one thing is sadly missing from the scene and that was British artillery, a crucial detail as they effectively took out the machine guns lines which served as the primary defence to protect the main gun lines and would have cut the men down if they had not been so accurate and on time. The turkish machine guns had just started engaging the 12th when they were taken out leaving only a handful of machine guns which mounted near the trench lines. (there was also other troops involved in the battle and this charge was just part of a larger operation and i understand you can't cover everything, but i feel the artillery was too important to ignore given the context)
Finally the light horse were not armed with swords like is shown here (again they weren't Cav) This proved a critical advantage in the trenches where bayonets on their rifles allowed them to effectively attack at close quarters and quickly lead to the turk's surrendering.
@@louiscypher4186 Those aren't swords. They're foot and a half long bayonets.
@@louiscypher4186 A lot of good stuff in your post, but one quibble: The movie doesn't show the troopers with swords - they are carrying the standard British army 1907 bayonet. Australian doctrine was to carry the bayonet in the hand when executing a charge (yes they did train for it) and use only the point. Some light horsemen did dismount and fix bayonet to clear the trenches after the charge.
@@louiscypher4186 it is also important to note as well, that the ANZAC forces had taken a hill that overlooked the charging fields, that hill contained a lot of the defensive artillery, which played a role in the defense of the town as well.
Riding a horse is amazing. Trotting is bumpy, but a full run is like flying!!
I started taking lessons 2 years ago and my very first canter was on the 102nd anniversary of this charge
Gazing at all those lovely SMLEs and looking at my 1924 Lithgow
Not to mention the Turkish Mausers!
Watched this film a good while ago!! Very brave and impressive regiment highlighted spectacularly.Massive respect from the Uk !!
4 of my great uncles took part on this date. One being Arthur Burton Muggleton 12th light horse regiment died from his wounds 30 days later.
Bernie Delaney Condolences.
Well, in real life, Napoleon didn't expect the hussars to live by the age of 30 because of their recklessness in combat. I'd be amazed if they reached beyond that.
Sincere sympathy from the grand niece of Ern "Chook" Fowler who rode in Squadron B that afternoon.
May those patriots rest in peace, God bless them for their sacrifices
Such bravery rarely is given credit..Pete royal signals
Bernie Delaney my lovers grandfathers were also in this Beersheba Charge
Proud to be an Aussie!
skippy1248 Why? This had nothing to do with you.
They were Australian Cavalry though? I know I wasn't involved in the battle itself but im still proud too see fellow Aussies fighting for freedom.
What did I do?
+Michael Forrest I never said I was there or I would've liked to be there, I was simply saying that im proud of the ANZAC Soldiers that died fighting in WW1 as I myself am an aussie.
+skippy1248 Why proud?Why?Maybe our foreigner enemy ideas are right.You are untrustworthy.
Totally cried my eyes out. My Grandfather was a horseman, not in the war but. The bravery of the men, and horses.
The Australians has no water for their horses, once the charge got tot the gallop there was no stopping the horses as they had caught the scent of the water at Beersheba
This scene never fails to give me goosebumps. I didn't know that about them catching the scent of the water at Beersheba. Thank you for that Barry :)
and they were Walers --- able to hack the climate/dehydration
my great grandfather was at this battle what you're talking about is insulting and bullshit the horses were well trained
my great grandfather lost a leg at this battle he said when he looked around after he had been thrown his horse and saw the horses trying to pick up the dead riders trying to wake them up most eventually just gave up and laid down next to them some were trying to drag the injured to safety and one he never forgot was a horse that had been shot in the leg and was desperately tying to drag his injured rider behind a rock but the horse was too injured to do it so it instead laid down in front of the rider allowing its self to get shot in order to protect him
you have no idea how amazing these animals were they were soldiers in their own right so no they were not looking for water
Barry - my great uncle spoke of that in his memoirs. He was with Squadron B on the day.
The reason for going to Beersheba was to look for water from what I read the wadi's there were the only water for hundereds of miles
I seriously need to get this movie on dvd!!!
I can’t believe my dvd of the light horsemen is 3 years old now
Brilliantly filmed.
Every Australian and New Zealand and even us Brits, should be so proud of The Light Horse Men
Their Bravery,Courage and Determination can never
be beaten. ....God Bless The Australian Light Horse.
The NZers were busy clearing the hill overlooking the plain
The cavalry charge would not have been possible otherwise
My great grandfather Thomas Joseph canny was a lighthorseman at Beersheba in the first world war
Hooray for the history of this great country. We rarely hear enough about it.
Love those emu plumes on the light horse slouch hats!!😍
The Lighthorsemen called them 'Kangaroo feathers' ! 🦘🇦🇺
They are emu feathers............
@@mickbaker3556 plumes
just young courageous heroes fighting very far away from their homeland, IN MEMORIAM
Nice work. Thank you for posting.
I would ask the Chinese to watch this Film.
Never, NEVER, underestimate Australian's on the field of battle.
When he gives the command to charge gives me chills every time.
Jordan Ingerson
Yah love you Horsemen can’t believe it’s almost a year since I got you
It’s almost 2 years ago since I got this movie and I can’t believe it,
Great viewing for April 25.
I forgot to do it darn it
Brave and daring! Men and horses from so far away! The great sacrifice of life of man and animal!
I live next door to a guy who rode in the movie and was in the war
Glad you're with us boys! And the kiwi's! Unstoppable!
BRAVE MEN ON BRAVER STEEDS
Great movie.. Part of this movie was used in th young Idiana Jones series.
Largest and best looking herd of Bay horses that I've seen.
heh' I rode a chestnut second X quarter horse in it that a mate' bred, his great uncle was in the charge & had his horse shot out from under him (he survived) 'my mate had his spurs he loaned them to me for the ride (Nov1986 Hawker SA), my mate served in Vietnam in 1970 he carried the spurs in his pack on patrol for luck 'it worked.
I absolutely love a horse charge
epic charge~
Vancoshegnard 111 ""
Vancoshegnard 111 I loved it during the Charge when the Australians got angry at the Turks
So proud to be an Australian!
John H so is my lover
GREAT STUFF!
What I understand is that the boys sat out most of the day sharpening their bayonets,(naughty,but so Australian) and headed off as the sun was almost set. The first line of Horsemen jumped straight over the Turkish trenches and secured the wells,and to stop them being poised.
They won't charge........A Major tactical miscalculation.... RIP those brave men
The great “Waler “ New South Wales horses were superb. They were almost wiped out fro
overuse in WWI.
Jon Blake RIP
A brilliant true story brilliant film
the unexpected is hard to predict!
God Bless Australia
I love Australia but I don’t live there sadly
I love my friends there though
One of my favorite charges scene by the mounted rifles!
Wrong country. The Mounted Rifles were the New Zealand troops. The Australians were The Lighthorsemen.
Great Movie Had It On Video Will Have To Get It on DVD Or Blu-ray!🤠⚔️🐴🐎🏜️📼💿🇦🇺🇹🇷
Those Ausies will do anything to get their hands on a beer(sheba).
Go fuck yourself.
Twirlyhead yeah they charged to save British forces from dying of thirst in the war but horses had no water for 3 days almost 4
Nicole Lawless do you know that that breed of aussie horse can go for 4 days without water?? Do some research before making yourself look stupid next time 😂🤣😂
Andrea Pea
I’m not stupid my friends in Australia told me this
Poor Jon Blake ( R.I.P.) had a car accident after filming and was to star in a Hollywood blockbuster
toothpick4649
That’s because an idiot when on the wrong side of the road and gone into him
Beautiful propaganga, beautiful fairy tale and Australia light desserts were flying :D :D :D
It was real dickhead..go back to school and learn, oh wait your inbred..so let's start with A is for apple
The horses...loyal unto death
Each of those men had balls of steel.
Fun fact- in the charge at beersheba,800 australian light horse men charged. only 31 died and 37 where wounded. The reason for this was at this point, british cavalry just used horses to get to the battle field and then fight as infantry after they dismount. due to this, they didnt even have sabres, they used fucking oversized bayonets to attack .-.
Wrong, British Cavalry did have sabers. These guys are Mounted Infantry. If you gave these guys a saber they pretty much be Cavalry.
That's what I meant by light horse.....
Mounted infantry are meant to use horses for mobility then dismount and then fight as infantry rather than charging and fighting from horseback. So Modern equivalent as far as terminology goes the would be the difference between motorized and armoured infantry, just how fast and free they can move around.
This is why the Germans expected them to dismount and attack on foot. Instead they charged.
Both British and Australian cavalry used sabres at times. There are paintings of Australian light horse carrying sabres later in Palestine. But at Beersheba, Brig. Grant insisted that it was important to charge without delay even if his troopers didn't have sabres, and he was right
They need to make another movie about this, telling “Bill the bastards” story🐎
My ex Girlfriends grandfather who was German & fought in WW2 used to tell stories about how the germans used to hate fighting against the Aussies, The Germans used to think the Aussies were brave but very crazy & they knew they were in for a fight every time they met.
My first Father-in-Law was 4th in command in Rommel's Corp after being recruited from the Hungarian forces in WW2. He once told me that when the German troops under his command were told that they'd be fighting us Aussies in North Africa after they had heard stories about our battles chose to go AWOL rather than fight.. They just deserted their posts and were never again found.
@@consciousbeing1188 many germans had relatives in Australia and hoped one day to migrate. The Italians executed the best plan to migrate.
im doing my newspaper feature article on the charge of beersheba lost of hard work that sooooo much research but my hat off to you men of the 4h light horde brigade
I'll be going to the Beersheba Charge centenary. Flying out to Israel tomorrow.
crazygrainger2006 Ouch....envy 😕
crazygrainger2006 Wow hope it went okay for ya mate. I want to be there for the Light horsemen before going to Australia
I like how this film shows that the Ottomans were inexperienced in using the new weapons Germany was supplying them with. As this was one of the reasons this Calvary charge was actually successful.
That and that this was not the first time that Australian mounted infantry had used this tactic. Also I doubt what the Ottomans had before the rearmament would've had much luck putting down a thirsty Waler.
This charge would not have occurred unless a hill overlooking the plains were cleared of Turks.
Thanks to NZ troops
Quite true- if not for the New Zealanders taking Tel el Saba on the flank then the outcome could have been much different. Kiwis- most capable troops on the planet and the most modest - an Australian
you know shits getting real when the horses are in the trenches too
British? It's the AUSTRALIAN Light Horse🇦🇺🇦🇺
The 10th Light Is now being re- raised as a full Regt.
800 Anzacs with bayonets and swords on top of 1/2 ton of charging horses thundering straight at you.....time to run.
Mitchell. Best described as a bloke who didn’t do his job when in the light horse, got transferred to the medical section and then didn’t do his job the there. The bloke is a liability.
My great grandfather was in the charge @ Beersheba, before he died he told me he was ashamed of the way Israel has formed, & that he had a part in that. Very sad!
Excellent movie depicting the action of my Australian cousins. God Bless those of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
I know the guy at 7:28 is a conshie, but people must not think of him as a coward. I hate the way that soldiers think that only those in combat are heroes. You have to be brave to be a conshie in a battle zone also.
me playing conquerors blade
the gold tier 5 cav appearing out of nowhere:
Who was in charge of the Turkish officers woody Allen???
Firstly, I'm Australian, born and bred, and I have had a great great uncle who fought in Israel as well against the Turks being in the Anzac company, and I've also had my own grand father and great uncle fight in the world war two. Next, two of my cousins have been in the services, one still is a serving officer, so there is quite military history and heritage in my family.
I too was keen on signing up wih the Air force, but thankfully I didn't due to a better path in life.
yehudiadelphos1 Wow! I have 16 friends in Australia
Bloody Good!
Mike Hutchins yea Aussie
oooooooooooo-goosebumps!
Titus Cato I get hot every time they start to charge
When they line up, the towers on the hill behind are? Cellphone?
Look at as now! Where has Australia gone ...
Ivan Drago all the great nations have gone towards the wayside with this socialist and multiculturalism crap.
Ivan Drago aussie govts are un/globalist puppets. They’ve destroyed oz and crippled it’s people in comfort.
Sadly, Australia has become a cesspit of multiculturism of all the riff raff anti social no morales countries of the world. Dont forget to VOTE ONE NATION!!
There's a patch of it right here under my arse. It hasn't gone anywhere.
Down the lefty shithole🤷🏼♀️
This era would make an EPIC total war game!
The Horse. A giant friendly dog type buddy! Modern war is no place for our furry friends. So damn sad.
acerb45666555 yea I know if it was a war between my bullies and Australian friends my god my lover will get em
I read in some books I think it was Australians At War that it was the commander of the unit that asked the ASM about the guns
La carica più bella in assoluto!
Great charge
Were they able to do any damage armed only with the Lee Enfield bayonet instead of a sabre? I would have thought even the long version wouldn't have been much use on horseback.
They generally fought dismounted so had no need for a sabre, if I recall correctly the bayonet was slightly longer than an infantryman (which was already 12 inches or something).
Great men.
And once again a military commander thougt that the enemy would adhere tó his wishes.
Honestly impressed they hit a damn thing at 1600m.
Volley fire would be the tactic they would be using at that range.
basically if you get enough riflemen to fire at long range you are bound to hit something.
1973Washu Yes, but still. 1600m on fast moving targets.
Grindstone Yes, but they are only moving forwards not sideways which makes it easier than leading your target
At 1600m, you're not shooting straight at them. You're using plunging fire. Fast moving targets moving from 1600m to 1500m will make the shot even harder. Seriously, try shooting a rifle from this era at anything at 400m with iron sights. It's not easy just at a range.
I fired out to 600 yards over iron sights and you can barley see the target
this is still remembered in Israel today! It isnot mentioned in Australian Schools sad to say. The charge liberated Jerusalem!
Now Gaza is at war again sadly
Why am I so scared about getting into that war
where can you srteam this
when Australia and NZ still produced real men. entrenched rifle, machine guns and artillery? hold my my beer mate,lets go old banjo!
Like a production line with our ANZACS...still producing
Kiwis attacked in their own regiment and not with the Aussies during this campaign and in a lot of the fighting during WW1. Australia was just in charge of getting them to and from battlefields.
there is another vid to show a list of best charges in film. like the last samori or gods and generals. they forgot this film
Great bayonet charge