Beersheba

A Journey Through Australia's Forgotten War

By: Paul Daley

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Paperback | 8 September 2010 | Edition Number 1

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The Battle of Beersheba, a redeeming win for the ANZACs who lost at Gallipoli, has slipped through the cracks of Australia's historical consciousness.

Why are Australians so much more content to commemorate a glorious defeat than we are to celebrate such a resounding, against the odds, victory? The sunset charge by 800 ANZACs mounted on horses defeated 400 Turks, captured Beersheba, and led to the liberation of Jerusalem and the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

It is the victory that paved the way for the establishment of Israel 60 years ago. And yet, the story of the victory has slipped through the cracks of history. Beersheba is not a pilgrimage site, even though the Turkish trenches are intact, shrapnel can still be found within, and the ancient Bedouin camps, through which the horseman cantered, are still there.

In an evocative narrative in the vein of Les Carlyon's masterpiece, Gallipoli, Beersheba will tell a story about a place and its players that is long overdue for acknowledgement.

About the Author

Paul Daley is a journalist with 21 years of experience. He is the recipient of the Walkley Award and the Paul Lyneham Award for excellence in press-gallery reporting.

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"This is an important book, telling a complex story . . . Journalism can, on occasions, do a better job than history." --"Age"

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Composition of the imperial mounted troops	p. xi
Map of the Charge of Beersheba	p. xii
Map of the light horse battlefields	p. xii
Prologue	p. 1
Towards Beersheba
Hebron Road	p. 11
Bushmen of the Empire	p. 22
Sideshow in Sinai	p. 34
Mystery Joe	p. 48
Legends of Romani	p. 52
Ghosts of the desert	p. 66
Badlands	p. 76
The Bull arrives	p. 88
Beersheba	p. 94
Neck or nothing	p. 107
At rest in Israel
Oasis for the dead	p. 123
Fathers and sons	p. 143
Serendipity	p. 156
Cobbers	p. 163
Hoarding the legend	p. 174
Inside Jaffa Gate	p. 187
Desert dogs	p. 198
The hand of God	p. 204
Last drinks	p. 217
Waiting for rockets	p. 224
Cop this, dear Jacko	p. 234
A terrible thing
The massacre	p. 245
Allenby and the Anzacs	p. 260
A real bad thing	p. 273
Inconvenient truth	p. 280
Burying the past	p. 290
Blood money	p. 295
A bastard of a place	p. 305
Epilogue	p. 310
Acknowledgements	p. 315
Notes	p. 319
Index	p. 331
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