Fatal Charge at Gallipoli: August 1915
Posted on Wednesday 12th August 2015





– Trooper Dave McGarvie



Further Reading
Fatal Charge at Gallipoli
(Hardback - 280 pages)
ISBN: 9781848329027
by John Hamilton
Only £25.00
Armed only with rifles, bayonets and raw courage, the men of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade left the shelter of their rocky trenches to storm The Nek, a narrow stretch of ridge held by the Ottoman Turks. The first wave of attackers were cut down almost as soon as they stood up. Those that followed knew they were going to die. Yet they too charged without question, stumbling over the bodies of their fallen comrades before they also fell.
The commander of the 10th Light Horse Regiment…
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