tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude)) (01/08/90)
From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude)) In article <12816@cbnews.ATT.COM> munnari!gara.une.oz.au!pmorriso@uunet.UU.NET (Perry Morrison MATH) writes: > > [ stuff about Beersheba action in WWI ] > > ... I'm not sure whether they could be classed as cavalry and >whether it is regarded as the last cavalry charge in history (well...who >doesn't make this claim!?). Even if considered cavalry, it most certainly was not the last charge in history, since there were recorded instances of charges in WWII. Perhaps the most famous was the charge of the Polish Uhlan cavalry against German forces in 1939. (Gee, was that in a "50 years ago" article?) -ted Ted Kim UCLA Computer Science Department Internet: tek@penzance.cs.ucla.edu 3804C Boelter Hall UUCP: ...!{uunet|ucbvax}!cs.ucla.edu!tek Los Angeles, CA 90024 Phone: (213) 206-8696