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Celebrating 100 Years of the Charge at Beersheba

This edition published by ETT Imprint, Exile Bay 2017

First published by ETT Imprint in October 2017

Photographs Haydon Family Archive 2017 Photograph of Ion Idriess courtesy the publishers

This edition ETT Imprint 2017

Extract from The Desert Column by Ion Idriess (ETT Imprint 2017) Letter from Guy Haydon courtesy Peter Haydon

This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries should be addressed to the publishers:

ETT IMPRINT
PO Box R1906
Royal Exchange NSW 1225
Australia

ISBN 978-1-925706-26-0 (ebook)
ISBN 978-1-925706-20-8 (paper)

Cover design by Hanna Gotlieb

A Note on the Haydon Family Photographs

When war broke out in 1914, Guy Haydon enlisted in the 12th Light Horse with his younger brother, Barney, and their horses, Midnight and Polo. The two brothers were sent to Gallipoli at the end of August 1915, leaving their horses in Cairo. After returning to Cairo, Guy was initially assigned another horse but was eventually reunited with his beloved mare. The Australian Light Horse did more training in the Sinai desert and their Waler horses, which had been trained in the Australian bush, had stamina and strength needed to withstand the 50 degree summer temperatures and the long treks, mostly at night. The 12th Light Horse regiment were part of the battle of Gaza. When this failed, their General Chauvel decided to trek inland and take the city of Beersheba. After riding for several nights and trying to sleep by day, on arrival at Beersheba the soldiers had to fight all day. As the sun was about to set, the 4th and 12th Light Horse regiment were ordered to charge for the town and its precious ancient Wells.

Supported by the 5th Light Horse in reserve, 800 Light Horsemen defeated 4,000 entrenched Turks in an audacious charge over several kilometres and jump the trenches before galloping into town and take the Wells.

Midnight and Lieutenant Guy Haydon were two of the casualties that day. A bullet went through Midnights stomach as she jumped the Turkish trench, continued through the saddle and lodged in Guys back, millimetres from his spine. Only Guy eventually recovered.

Most of these photographs were taken and printed in the field in October and November 1917, and form part of the Haydon family archive. Lieutenant Barney Haydon took the bulk of these, many on Velox paper in primitive printing conditions, and both did pencil notation before archiving them in albums. This is their first publication to help celebrate the last great cavalry charge 100 years ago by the Australian Light Horse.

A Christmas message from Trooper Bluegum.

It ain't no use a-swearin',
It ain't no good to fret;
There's little gained by grousin'
Or getting all upset.
This wilderness is rotten
All flies, and dust, and tears,
But the Israelites they stuck it
For years and year and years.

The Willie-Willies choke yer,
The dust-storms get yer down;
The red sun robs yer beauty
and burns yer black and brown.
The drought is something shocking:
The thirst, our squadron fears,
Can only be abolished
By beers and beers and beers.

But war won't last for ever,
This scrap'll soon be done,
An' we'll have done our little bit
A-strafing o' the Hun.
An' when we get back home again,
An' meet our little dears,
All thought of Egypt will be drowned
In cheers and cheers and cheers.

(From London Opinion.)

"Our original Troop" With Guy's notation 1917
Guy Haydon, fourth left back row
Barney Haydon, third in 2nd row

Guy Haydon, 12th Light Horse

Barney Haydon
12th Light Horse

"Stinno"
Corporal Stinson can't find his saddle

Trooper Idriess
With the 5th Light Horse

5th Light Horse
Trooper Ion Idriess, left of troop.

5th Light Horse Machine Gun Troop.

My mate Foot
Corporal Foot, 5th Light Horse

Lieutenant Hampton, Colonel Single, Lieutenant Guy Haydon, and Colonel McIntosh
(left to right, in right-side of photograph)

Third Battalion, on the move

Midnight, when rescued from the 11th Battalion

5th Light Horse with their camel transport

Rounding up captured camels

Taube!
Bombing our lines.

Woe!
Horse killed by Taube at Malah.

Drawing water
This time a Bedouin Well

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