===== 12. lette beredne regiment erobrer Beersheba =====
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[[Fil:4LHBwd3.18.BShebaMapDet.jpeg|thumb|Detalje fra 4. lette beredne brigades krigsdagbogskort over angrebet mod Beersheba (Osmanniske stillinger i rødt)]]
Da de forreste eskadroner angreb på mod skyttegravene og skansen sad eskadronens chef og omkring 12 soldater fra 12. lette beredne regiment af for at angribe med riffel og bajonet, mens resten af regimentet fortsatte med at galoppere forbi skansen til højre for at ride gennem et hul i forsvarslinjen.<ref name="Gullett398">Gullett 1941 p. 398</ref><ref group="Note">Preston describes advances, by the 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Regiments (1st Light Horse Brigade), which according to their brigade war diary took place hours apart, in terms more appropriate to the simultaneous charge of the 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments. [Preston 1921 pp. 27–8] [1st Light Horse Brigade War Diary November 1917 AWM4-10-1-40, Appendix 5 Report on operations against Beersheba on 31 October 1917 p. 2]</ref> When the second line squadron of the 12th Light Horse Regiment approached the trenches and redoubt, most of the squadron continued mounted riding through the gap. However, as both squadron commanders had dismounted to fight in the trenches and earthworks, the troopers who continued mounted were led by Captains Robey and Davies. These leading troops stopped to assemble at a point near where the road from Asluj crossed the Wadi Saba,<ref group="Note">The {{convert|400|yd|m}}-long bridge across the Wadi Saba was part of the [[Palestine Railway]] to Hafir el Auja, constructed by Meissner who had built the [[Baghdad Railway]]. [Preston 1921 p. 35]</ref> behind the main Ottoman defences. When Robey and Davies mounted troopers were reorganised, they rode along the Asluj road into Beersheba in force, to capture the town.<ref name="12LHRwd10.17A"/><ref name="Gullett398"/>
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