The Australian general picked the Australians to charge straight at the town.
You summoned us, General Chauvel? Yes, he has – to tell them what they already know. A choice is to be made. Between the two commanding officers of the only forces he has kept in reserve, the 4th Brigade of the Australian Light Horse, and the 5th Yeomanry Brigade.
The charge of the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba. This photograph was once thought to be of the charge itself, but today is believed to be a reconstruction of the event filmed the next day. And so it is Grant who now speaks freely. “The 4th Brigade,” he says, “can take it if it is left to me to have a free hand.”Advertisement
Brigadier General FitzGerald – in the rather pompous manner that has always grated on Chauvel since he first met him 20 years earlier – demurs. If anyone is going to do this it should be us. We are assembled much closer to this HQ and can get going much more quickly. Plus, as a British unit, we have actual swords, which are going to be of much use when we get to grips with the Turks than mere bayonets. And, for God’s sake, General, we areGrant cannot bear it.
A decision must be made, and Chauvel is the man to make it. This has to be done, and it has to be done now. The fact that he does not like FitzGerald and never has since the days he commanded the local military force in Victoria, is neither here nor there. Much. He follows his instinct, guided by military logic. Mostly.
FitzGerald blanches, but – where did he go? – Grant is already on the move and, only moments later, there is the sound of thundering hooves receding in the distance as the brigadier, accompanied by his senior officers, rushes back to his own HQ.
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