Quizz Question

[Raverdave]

In his first action of WW1 what did Lawrence of Arabia's first shot kill?

[rhondabrwn]

In their camp the night before the attack on Aqaba's undefended landward side, a potentially divisive event occurs that could split the rival tribes into a bloody feud, as Ali forecasts: "This is the end of Aqaba." One of the Harith Arabs has murdered one of Auda's men and the reason could be one of many: "theft, blood feud, it makes no matter why...It is an ancient wound." As a non-Arab neutral who stands above petty tribal rivalries and age-old blood feuds ("I have no tribe, and no one is offended"), Lawrence proposes to even-handedly execute the offender - becoming 'godlike' by deciding for himself who shall live or die. As the offender raises his head, Lawrence sees it is Gasim - the man whose life he saved in the Nefud desert when he risked his own life. With a look of disturbed shock, he cold-bloodedly fires all six shots from his pistol into Gasim's body. The two rival chieftains exchange words about the just execution and the emotional uncertainty displayed by Lawrence:

Auda: What ails the Englishman?
Sherif: That that he killed was the man he brought out of the Nefud.
Auda: Ah, it was written then. Better to have left him.
Sherif (to Lawrence): It was execution, Lawrence. No shame in that. Besides, it was necessary. You gave life and you took it. The writing is still yours. (Lawrence throws the gun away in disgust.)

[Raverdave]

Oooooo.................well my reference says that his first shot that he fired in battle hit the camel that he was riding on in the back of it's head.[&:]

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Oooooo.................well my reference says that his first shot that he fired in battle hit the camel that he was riding on in the back of it's head.[&:]

I like that... it definitely didn't make into the Movie (Lawrence of Arabia)though... or any of the biographies I was scanning on this one. Did he mention this incident in "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"?

Good Quiz question though!

[rhondabrwn]

Aha... the Battle of Abu Lissan... after the attack on the water hole it was discovered that Lawrences prized red camel had been shot in the head by his own pistol.

I stand corrected... moral: Never trust Hollywood to get facts straight [:D]

My Source

[Raverdave]

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