Rescue And Retreat
· Copyright © 2016 Jennifer Marshall ·
Overwhelmingly outnumbered by the attacking Turkish forces the Light Horsemen were forced to fall back. The retreat was unable to be concealed from the Turks who attacked with renewed zeal shouting ‘Allah, Allah …finish Australia”. As the horse handlers came forward for the Light Horsemen to remount and retreat the Turks were upon them. Many horses floundered in the loose sand, and in…