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Post by Sir John on Jan 22, 2014 23:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by hornet32 on Jan 24, 2014 18:18:58 GMT -5
A bit windy ( long story ) old boy , however the empire did make up for some of that dog and pony show at Gallipoli .
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Post by Sir John on Jan 24, 2014 21:35:42 GMT -5
"A bit windy ( long story )"
Probably something to do with the renowned American attention span! The author of the piece should have put the letters USMC at the start, and Americans would have stayed awake long enough to find that was all there was to it.
I shall advise Wikipedia to reduce the entry to 5 lines.
;-)
SJ
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Post by Sir John on Jan 24, 2014 23:54:39 GMT -5
For those that have gone to sleep on this, the "Light Horse" are NOT traditional cavalry, they are Mounted Infantry.
They carried rifles, and wielded the long bayonet of the .303 Lee Enfield. When dismounted, after reaching the objective, they fought hand to hand with the (terrified) enemy.
All good fun!
SJ
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