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From the Liveblog of Tuesday, October 31, 2017

WWI Australian battle re-enacted in Israel on centennial

31 October 2017, 2:55 pm

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One hundred years after Australian and New Zealand soldiers captured the city of Beersheba during WWI, their descendants are reenacting the dramatic horseback charge of the Negev city.

Nearly 200 children and grandchildren of the ANZAC soldiers are retracing the final six-kilometer charge on Beersheba in full period uniforms.

History enthusiasts and descendants of Australian Mounted Division and ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division) Mounted Division soldiers ride their horses during rehearsal of the reenactment of the Battle of Beersheba when British and ANZAC forces captured Beersheba from the Ottoman Empire during the World War I, as part of the 100 years anniversary in near Beersheba, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The battle of Beersheba on October 31, 1917, opened the door for the British capture of Palestine a year later.

— Tamar Pileggi

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