The horses didn't come home / Pamela Rushby
- Bib ID:
- 5196647
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rushby, Pamela
- Description:
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- Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 2012
- 248 p. : 1 map ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780732293543
- Summary:
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The last great cavalry charge in history took place at Beersheba in the Sinai Desert in 1917. It was Australian soldiers and horses that took part in, and won, this amazing, unexpected, unorthodox victory. The men proudly claimed it was their great-hearted horses that won the day. But in the end, the horses did not come home.
- Notes:
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- "A young soldier and his horse in the Battle of Beersheba"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-245)
- For children.
- Subject:
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- Australia. Army. Australian Light Horse -- History -- 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Cavalry operations -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian -- Juvenile fiction
- Horses -- War use -- Palestine -- Juvenile fiction
- Palestine -- Juvenile fiction
- Australian
- Also Titled:
- Horses did not come home
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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