100 years ago today, elements of the Australian Light Horse conducted what would be the last large scale mounted charge in history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...e_of_Beersheba_(1917))

Depicted in the movie "The Lighthorsemen", this is the reenactment in the movie.

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Originally posted by Sgt Neutron:
the last large scale mounted charge in history.

There were several large scale cavalry charges after 1917, including a Nationalist Spanish cavalry division at Alfambra in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, an Italian cavalry regiment at Izbushensky in 1942 against the Soviets, and a Polish (Soviet) cavalry brigade at Schoenfeld in 1945 against the Germans.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by Sgt Neutron:
the last large scale mounted charge in history.

There were several large scale cavalry charges after 1917, including a Nationalist Spanish cavalry division at Alfambra in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, an Italian cavalry regiment at Izbushensky in 1942 against the Soviets, and a Polish (Soviet) cavalry brigade at Schoenfeld in 1945 against the Germans.

The comments under the movie trailer said it was the last successful large cavalry charge. Were the other,later charges successful or all failures?

All successful, although the Italian charge resulted in comparatively heavy losses for the Italian cavalry.

And the video description states that it was the "last successful cavalry charge in history", not just large scale. Which is doubly false. In addition to the large scale charges I mentioned in my previous post, there were a number of smaller scale cavalry charges since 1917 that were also successful, including one as recently as late 2001 in Afghanistan, with horse-mounted US Special Forces and Afghani Northern Alliance troops successfully charging Taliban positions.

So as impressive and memorable as the Battle of Beersheba is, it's neither the last large scale cavalry charge in history, nor the last successful cavalry charge in history, nor the last successful large scale cavalry charge in history. The video's description is simply incorrect.