The Lighthorsemen - Battle of Beersheba Part 3 - Securing the Wells

The charge is successful, now comes taking the wells.

The actions of the one trooper (capturing the artillery piece, finding the fuse for the wells, stopping the explosions, etc) are true, and I understand he won a medal for his actions.

From the movie "The Lighthorsemen."

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[whowantsabighug]

Is the guy with the broomhandle Irish?

[HenryvKeiper]

@whowantsabighug The soldier who stops the explosions? Actually yes. There's a funny bit of dialogue from the movie about that.

"Are you from Scotland?"

"No."

"Oh - so why do they call you Scotty?"

"It's because I'm Irish."

[TheLiberalTurkey]

this is bullshit , 1 australian stop 8 turks and german officer lool stupid

[HenryvKeiper]

@TheLiberalTurkey That really happened. IIRC, the Australian soldier even won the Victorian Cross for it.

[Madando2011]

@HenryvKeiper not quite Henry, he earned a Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for his efforts. Go to anzacday.org.au and search for "Trooper Sloan ‘Scotty’ Bolton, DCM", It's a great story.

[HenryvKeiper]

@Madando2011 Ah OK. Still, good on him.

[HenryvKeiper]

@rhinosdabom That's kind of straining gnats, isn't it? The movie is incredibly accurate in several other regards (the use of bayonets as swords, the Turks forgetting to check their sights, the first wave jumping over the first trench to leave it to the second wave, etc)

[teencomment]

I can see why false surrenders were made a war crime in the Geneva Conventions after this war.

[kokogdak]

@Agrifix Not exacly like this. As far as I know the British refused to deliver a warship that was ready, and was alredy payed in full. This was a slap in the face for the once-powerfull empire and had a great impact on Tuskish decision to ally with Germans.

[Madando2011]

@HenryvKeiper He was the Irish Soldier in The ANZACs too, Flanagan.

[bookeater]

@Gaffer213 Not really,seeing as the Turkish army hasn't seen major combat for many years and they still have tremendous respect for australia,they even renamed part of their own country in recognition of it, Anzac Cove.

[Gaffer213]

turkish army would woop the shit out of australia today

[Lilyjaye73]

breaks my heart when I see Jon Blake :-(