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Soft cover. Condición: Good. Small pen name. Roland Perry tells the story of the Australian Light Horse and its campaigns against Ottoman forces during the First World War. He follows the mounted troops from Gallipoli and the defence of Egypt through the campaigns in the Sinai, Palestine and Syria, examining their distinctive combination of horsemanship, mobility and infantry fighting. Particular attention is given to commander Sir Harry Chauvel, the relationship with T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, and the famous 1917 charge at Beersheba. The book argues for the importance of the Light Horse in the eventual Allied defeat of Ottoman forces in the Middle East. …