Inspired by Alan Attwood's essay 'Into a Dazzling Flame'
on the Dardanells campaign, August 7,1915.
The 3rd Australian LIght Horse Brigade
(horsemen without horses) , attacked the ridge.
Support from the New Zealanders
on a captured Chunuck Bair was not forthcoming.
The barrage finished early leaving them exposed.
The first wave charged,
and the Turkish gunners mowed them down.
A second was slaughtered two minutes on.
An officer called a halt but he was overruled,
so a third wave was massacred,
and in the confusion a fourth
met the same fate as the rest.
Like moths into a dazzling flame
they charged the Nek and died.
Victims of incompetent Generals
who gave orders that belied.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Truth written here in all it gory glory. One can only imagine what they were going through. Terror and disbelief. Well done Jerry, excellent write. Love and hugs Ernestine XXX