21 Gennaio 1941 - Cheru (Keru) Eritrea L'ultima carica di cavalleria della storia d'Africa.A Cheru la tromba suonò l'ultimo suo squillo, e fu di carica.Suddenly, a patrolling armoured car of Skinner’s Horse, driven hell-for-leather, burst on the scene. “Look out! They’re on us!” hoarsely shouted a young officer in the car. And immediately a belt of stunted trees behind him were agitated and a body of enemy cavalry charged out shrieking wild war-cries. The British gunners barely had time to notice they were Eritrean cavalry, led by a young Italian officer, magnificently uniformed, astride a beautiful grey charger, before they flung themselves upon their 25-pounders and swung them round a full 180 degrees to face the enemy. “Troop gunfire!” urgently shouted an officer, and as the guns crashed, clerks, orderlies and signallers of Gazelle Force Headquarters dived behind boulders and under thorn bushes firing rifles and revolvers into the charging ranks …Henry Maule, Spearhead General
A Cheru la tromba suonò l'ultimo suo squillo, e fu di carica.
21 Gennaio 1941 - Cheru (Keru) Eritrea L'ultima carica di cavalleria della storia d'Africa.A Cheru la tromba suonò l'ultimo suo squillo, e fu di carica.Suddenly, a patrolling armoured car of Skinner’s Horse, driven hell-for-leather, burst on the scene. “Look out! They’re on us!” hoarsely shouted a young officer in the car. And immediately a belt of stunted trees behind him were agitated and a body of enemy cavalry charged out shrieking wild war-cries. The British gunners barely had time to notice they were Eritrean cavalry, led by a young Italian officer, magnificently uniformed, astride a beautiful grey charger, before they flung themselves upon their 25-pounders and swung them round a full 180 degrees to face the enemy. “Troop gunfire!” urgently shouted an officer, and as the guns crashed, clerks, orderlies and signallers of Gazelle Force Headquarters dived behind boulders and under thorn bushes firing rifles and revolvers into the charging ranks …Henry Maule, Spearhead General
