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100 years ago #OnThisDay (3 Sept), a gallant last stand took place at a place called Samawa in Iraq. 30 Dogras of C squadron of 10th Hodson’s Horse were surrounded by overwhelming odds.
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They had become stranded during a retreat from a railway station inside a carriage of an armoured train. They continuously engaged the attacking force (about 4000 strong) in the hope that the main camp would hear the firing and send a relief force.
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This was not to be and their officer, Capt Oswald Russell encouraged the men to fight to the last bullet. Attempts were made to burn the carriage. They held off the attackers for several hours and by 4pm, Russell who was by then wounded, told the survivors to try and escape.
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