On This Day: Ottomans defeated in World War I's Battle of Beersheba
The Battle of Beersheba broke the stalemate in the Middle East, helped fuel the Balfour Declaration and saw Australian troops launch one of history's last great cavalry charges.
‘The charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 31 October 1917,’ painted by George Lambert three years later(photo credit: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - CANBERRA)ByAARON REICH
