GOODBYE COBBER, GOD BLESS YOU - The Fatal Charge of the Light Horse, Gallipoli, August 7th 1915.
by Hamilton, John
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Macmillan, 2004. 2004. Softcover. 8vo softcover 365pp. Very good, crease on bottom front cover corner, light toning to page edges, spine faded. Illustrated with photographs. On August 7th, 1915, men of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade staged one of the most tragic, brave and futile charges of the First World War. Seeking to break out of the Anzac position at Gallipoli, they attempted to storm an extraordinarily strong Turkish position, defended by artillery, machine guns and thousands of men, using nothing but fixed bayonets and raw courage. The first wave of Light Horsemen were killed within seconds of leaving their trench, yet over the course of the next few minutes, three more lines went over the top, across the bodies of their dead and dying comrades, only to be instantly cut down themselves. All of them knew they were about to die. None held back. It was a massacre immortalised in Peter Weir''s film, Gallipoli. Just before the order was given to send the third line, Trooper Harold Rush turned to his mate standing next to him and said .
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- Title
- GOODBYE COBBER, GOD BLESS YOU - The Fatal Charge of the Light Horse, Gallipoli, August 7th 1915.
- Author
- Hamilton, John
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1405036249
- ISBN 13
- 9781405036245
- Publisher
- Macmillan, 2004
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- gallipoli military history
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