Senin, 10 Oktober 2016

Ambush at Abu Sunt: The 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman

There is an old myth that the charge of the 21st Lancers against the Mahdists at the Battle of Omdurman, fought in Sudan on 2 September 1898, was the last full-scale British cavalry charge in history. As with many such myths, this is incorrect, since the charge of the 20th Hussars against Turkish infantry during …

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