Australians captured at Shellal
Australians captured at Shellal
From The Library of Congress:
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"Australians captured at Shellal 1917"
Where is Shellal?How many LH were captured?
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/phpdata/.....ollID=coll
"Australians captured at Shellal 1917"
Where is Shellal?How many LH were captured?
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Mate,
I like the extra firepower the Turks now have with 6 Lewis guns.
Thats more then a Turkish MG company at that time.
No wonder the 2nd Gaza battle was a failure with the added MG's to their defence.
The only problem with using captured MG's is the ammo supply.
The MG 's could be aussie but more likely British. Didn't the aussie LH change from Lewis guns to Hotchkiss guns before 1917.
Cheers
S.B
I like the extra firepower the Turks now have with 6 Lewis guns.
Thats more then a Turkish MG company at that time.
No wonder the 2nd Gaza battle was a failure with the added MG's to their defence.
The only problem with using captured MG's is the ammo supply.
The MG 's could be aussie but more likely British. Didn't the aussie LH change from Lewis guns to Hotchkiss guns before 1917.
Cheers
S.B
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Mates
I hate to rain on your parade but Shellal was abandoned by the Turks in early March 1917 and so these pix were taken at least a month before Gaza 1. We know that Lewis Guns came into general use with the mounted units after 20 September 1916 so the pic was taken between October 1916 and February 1917. I can count 7 Australians and the rest are mainly Brits with two Egyptians in the group. I had a look through the Brigade War Diaries to see if any large group of prisoners was taken with Lewis Guns and I can't find a reference.
Cheers
Bill
I hate to rain on your parade but Shellal was abandoned by the Turks in early March 1917 and so these pix were taken at least a month before Gaza 1. We know that Lewis Guns came into general use with the mounted units after 20 September 1916 so the pic was taken between October 1916 and February 1917. I can count 7 Australians and the rest are mainly Brits with two Egyptians in the group. I had a look through the Brigade War Diaries to see if any large group of prisoners was taken with Lewis Guns and I can't find a reference.
Cheers
Bill
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Shellal is in Turkish Şelale (waterfall)
There are 3 main routes to Egypt
1-Gazze-Elariş-Elkantara
2-Gazze-Birüssebi-Şelale-Magdabe-Biyuti-Ismailiye
3-Akabe-Kalatünnahil-Süveyş
the 2nd roure is remote. Only caravans use that road. There is no water.
After fierce defeat of 80th Regt. at Magdabe on Dec. 23rd 1916 and 31st Regt at Tellelrefah on Jan. 9th 1917 the Turks reteated to Şelale leaving behind only a battalion and a MG Co at Hafirülavce.
There are 3 main routes to Egypt
1-Gazze-Elariş-Elkantara
2-Gazze-Birüssebi-Şelale-Magdabe-Biyuti-Ismailiye
3-Akabe-Kalatünnahil-Süveyş
the 2nd roure is remote. Only caravans use that road. There is no water.
After fierce defeat of 80th Regt. at Magdabe on Dec. 23rd 1916 and 31st Regt at Tellelrefah on Jan. 9th 1917 the Turks reteated to Şelale leaving behind only a battalion and a MG Co at Hafirülavce.