Topic: BatzP - Beersheba
The Battle of Beersheba
Palestine, 31 October 1917
Sydney Mail Account
An AIF Officer describes the fall of Beersheba for the Sydney Mail
An anonymous officer filed the following account of the Beersheba battle with the Sydney Mail. An examination of the internal evidence of the account tends to indicate that the author of the account was Cuthbert Murchison Fetherstone-Haugh, an officer with the 12th Light Horse Regiment.
The Taking of Beersheba
[From: Sydney Mail, 6 February 1918, p. 30.]
Further Reading:
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917 Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Sydney Mail account about the fall of Beersheba
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