Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. SIG1557 HMS Theseus by Ivan Berryman

HMS Theseus by Ivan Berryman

a fire-fight broke out between Zulu snipers posted on the terraces of the Shiyane (Oskarsberg) Hill and the defenders posted behind the barricade of wagons and mealie-bags

Fate alone knew what awaited them

King George V awarded them the KBE one week later and their place in history was secured

By incredible heroism

Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. SIG1557 HMS Theseus by Ivan BerrymanDHM1359. Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. Flanked by his Companion heavy cavalry, Alexander, King of Macedon, led the charge which broke through the left wing of the Persian army, and forced Darius, the Great King, to flee the battlefield. Persian success against his own left wing forced him to delay his pursuit of the routed troops, but by the end of the day the battle was won, and the heart of the Persian