02-25-2013, 03:22 AM
Macedon:
You understood Churchill's account completely wrongly. He does not describe one fight.
He describes at least 3 subsequent fights - 2 charges and 1 dismounted fight.
The first charge was fully victorious. And I quoted the entire fragment which describes it.
The second charge was repulsed - but they met the enemy accidentally (as was already wrote). And the enemy here was 7 times numerically stronger.
After this second charge (or maybe accidental encounter) was repulsed - they retreated, dismounted and defended against pursuing Dervishes - repulsing them.
You understood Churchill's account completely wrongly. He does not describe one fight.
He describes at least 3 subsequent fights - 2 charges and 1 dismounted fight.
The first charge was fully victorious. And I quoted the entire fragment which describes it.
The second charge was repulsed - but they met the enemy accidentally (as was already wrote). And the enemy here was 7 times numerically stronger.
After this second charge (or maybe accidental encounter) was repulsed - they retreated, dismounted and defended against pursuing Dervishes - repulsing them.