Comments on: Today In History: Battle of Beersheba http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1061/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Simon http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1061/comment-page-1/#comment-11752 Simon Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:39:31 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1061/#comment-11752 And a cracking good movie, IMHO. And a cracking good movie, IMHO.

]]> By: Brett http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1061/comment-page-1/#comment-11751 Brett Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:25:25 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1061/#comment-11751 You may have noted my weasel words 'often described' in the above. Yes, the actual cavalry units nearby didn't think of the Light Horse as cavalry either. I am unsophisticated however, I count a bunch of guys on horses waving stabby bits around as cavalry... However, quibbles aside, it is still a remarkable charge. You may have noted my weasel words ‘often described’ in the above. Yes, the actual cavalry units nearby didn’t think of the Light Horse as cavalry either. I am unsophisticated however, I count a bunch of guys on horses waving stabby bits around as cavalry…

However, quibbles aside, it is still a remarkable charge.

]]> By: Simon http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1061/comment-page-1/#comment-11750 Simon Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:02:29 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1061/#comment-11750 Weren't there a fair number of cavalry actions in both the Russo-Polish war and the Russian Civil war? And of course a pedant would say that Light Horsemen weren't cavalry, having neither swords nor lances. Weren’t there a fair number of cavalry actions in both the Russo-Polish war and the Russian Civil war? And of course a pedant would say that Light Horsemen weren’t cavalry, having neither swords nor lances.

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