Historical place archive

Beersheba in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Beersheba in Australia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1917–1917

Historical events in Beersheba

1917

31 October 1917
Beersheba Mounted Attack Ordered
Henry George Chauvel · World War, 1st

Chauvel orders mounted forces to secure Beersheba before darkness threatens the water supply.

31 October 1917
Fourth Light Horse Brigade Charges Beersheba
William Grant · World War, 1st

Grant leads the 4th Light Horse Brigade in the mounted charge that breaks into Beersheba.

Provenance

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