Download or read book Egypt and Palestine The Desert Mounted Corps Jerusalem Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: A report on the operations in and around Jerusalem of the ANZAC Desert Mounted Corps.
Download or read book The Desert Mounted Corps written by R. M. P. Preston and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Desert Mounted Corps was an army corps of the British Army of three mounted divisions during the First World War. These divisions comprised ANZAC Mounted Division, the Australian Mounted Division, and the Yeomanry Mounted Division. They operated in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. The Desert Mounted Corps started with Australians, New Zealanders, British Yeomanry, Territorial Horse Artillery, and Indian Cavalry, with French Cavalry added to the final operations. This History begins with an account of the reorganization of the British Troops in the Egyptian area of the War when Sir Edmund Allenby took over authority in June 1917. It explains the struggles of the soldiers during the war, including several hardships faced by them due to the harsh weather conditions of the area. As work on cavalry tactics, it will be of great interest and value to the student of Military History. Lieut.-Col. Preston served his country by explaining that the horse-soldier was just as beneficial in modern warfare as in the past.
Download or read book Military Operations written by George Fletcher MacMunn and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Desert Mounted Corps written by Lieut Colonel R. M. P. Preston D. S. O. and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many observers, the Great War, with its static trench lines and new mechanical technology - i including the arrival of the aircraft, the machine gun and the tank - wrote a final full stop to the long history of the horse in warfare. But if the western front proved frustrating for the Cavalry, it was not the same story in the Middle Eastern theatre, as this fine book shows. As Lieutenant-General Harry Chauvel, commander of the Desert Corps, writes in his introduction; the book ' demonstrate(s) to the world that the horse-soldier is just as valuable in modern warfare as he ever has been in the past. Indeed, the whole of the operations in Palestine and Syria, under General Allenby, were text-book illustrations of the perfect combinations of all arms, both in attack and defence, and the last operations in this theatre, which led to the total destruction of Turkish Arms and the elimination of Germany's Allies from the War, could not have been undertaken without large masses of Cavalry'.The Desert Corps was formed in Egypt in June 1917 when the energetic Sir Edmund 'Bull' Allenby took command of the Allied forces in the Middle East. Initially composed of three divisions, the arrival of the Indian Cavalry Division from France augmented the mounted Corps early in 1918. It played a major part in driving the Turks from the Suez Canal zone, and then across the Sinai Desert into Palestine. A cosmopolitan Corps, the Desert Cavalry was composed of troops from Australia, New Zealand, India and France as well as Britain. On top of determined enemy resistance, the Corps coped with intense heat, dust, sandstorms and insect bites in summer; and freezing cold and heavy rains in winter. The Corps' role in reconnoitering and occupying Sinai; Gaza; Palestine; Jordan and finally Syria were crucial to Allenby's success in capturing Jerusalem and Damascus and finally crushing Ottoman Turkish domination of the Middle East and helping to end the Great War in 1918. At a time when western forces are once again engaged in active operations in the Middle East, this book, written by a veteran of the campaign, will interest all serious students of military history in general and the role of the Cavalry in particular.
Download or read book Operations of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine from 28th October 1917 to 31st December 1917 written by Australia. Australian Army and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hell in the Holy Land written by David R. Woodward and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woodward uses graphic eyewitness accounts from the diaries, letters, and memoirs of British soldiers who fought in that war to describe in detail the genuine experience of the fighting and dying in Egypt and Palestine.
Download or read book An Outline of the Egyptian and Palestine Campaigns 1914 to 1918 written by Sir Michael Graham Egerton Bowman-Manifold and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Summary of the Strategy and Tactics of the Egypt and Palestine Campaign written by Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Operations Egypt Palestine from June 1917 to the End of the War written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Palestine Campaigns written by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thoughtful and well written account of the Palestinian campaigns, Field Marshal Wavell (at that time a Colonel) gives not only a very readable account of the actual campaigns themselves but also highlights the military maxims that gave success to the British Forces. Wavell himself was on the staff of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in 1917 and had a deep and firsthand knowledge of the operations and the theatre of war. As one of the most forward thinking leaders in the British Army of the time, Wavell’s conclusions on the future of war that he advanced in this book were quite prescient; the use of armoured vehicles and strategic mobility to mention but two. “The Palestine campaigns have been acclaimed as a triumph for cavalry and as the vindication of that arm in modern war. And quite certainly the skilful use of the mounted arm is the outstanding feature of the operations. But the true lesson is not so much the value of the horseman as the value and power of mobility, however achieved. “The campaigns are a classic illustration of this power, and are well worth careful study for this reason alone, since the chief aim of military thought at the present time must be to recapture the power of movement and manœuvre, which was lost in the principal operations of the late war in Western Europe.”—Extract from book
Download or read book The Battle for Palestine 1917 written by John D. Grainger and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Allied victory in the Holy Land, far from the carnage of the Western Front but a crucial, morale-boosting success under the aggressive and forward-thinking General Allenby. Three battles for the control of the key fortress-city of Gaza took place in 1917 between the `British' force [with units from across the Empire, most notably the ANZACs] and the Turks. The Allies were repulsed twice but on theirthird attempt, under the newly-appointed General Allenby, a veteran of the Western Front where he was a vocal critic of Haig's command, finally penetrated Turkish lines, captured southern Palestine and, as instructed by Lloyd George, took Jerusalem in time for Christmas, ending 400 years of Ottoman occupation. This third battle, similar in many ways to the contemporaneous fighting in France, is at the heart of this account, with consideration of intelligence, espionage, air-warfare, and diplomatic and political elements, not to mention the logistical and medical aspects of the campaign, particularly water. The generally overlooked Turkish defence, in the face of vastly superior numbers, is also assessed. Far from laying out and executing a pre-ordained plan, Allenby, who is probably still best remembered as T. E. Lawrence's commanding officer in Arabia, was flexible and adaptable, responding to developmentsas they occurred. JOHN D. GRAINGER is the author of numerous books on military history, ranging from the Roman period to the twentieth century.
Download or read book An Outline of the Egyptian and Palestine Campaigns 1914 to 1918 written by Sir Michael Graham Egerton Bowman-Manifold and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Operations Egypt Palestine Vol II Part II Official History of the Great War Other Theatres written by Cyril Falls and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concluding third part of the history of the Middle East campaign, from May 1918 to the Armistice. Contains chronological table of operations including the battle of Megiddo, the Arab revolt against the battle of Megiddo, the Arab revolt against the Turks and the capture of Damascus. Appendices with British and enemy orders of battle, corps operation orders and instructions applicable to Parts I and II. Index for Parts I and II.
Download or read book MILITARY OPERATIONS EGYPT PALESTINE written by Captain Cyril Falls and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part II of the Official History of The Great War in the Middle East takes the story from May 1918 to the armistice. It begins with a summary of the Arab revolt against the Turks, which involved the exploits of Col. T. E. Lawrence 'of Arabia', and consisted of harassing attacks and sabotage of railways which drew off great numbers of the Turks to the benefit of the EEF. This was important because Allenby was being required to despatch British infantry battalions and Yeomanry regiments to France where the great German spring offensives had been launched in March. Indian battalions were set to replace the British ones, and the ensuing reorganisation of the EEF is described in some detail. The narrative continues with the final offensives - the battles of Megiddo, the operations of the Desert Mounted Corps, Chaytor's Force, the pursuit through Syria and the capture of Damascus. An epilogue discusses the policy of the campaign, the strategy and the tactics. There are numerous appendices which apply to both Parts I and II, beginning with a tabular record of operations from June 1917 and containing orders of battle of the EEF in October 1917 and in September 1918 as well as that of the Turkish forces. There are examples of Force Orders, of corps operation orders and instructions, and finally there is a good index to both parts.
Download or read book Work in the Field in Other Theatres of War written by Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Desert Mounted Corps written by Richard Martin Peter Preston and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Søgeord: Be'er Sheva ; "4th Light Horse Brigade", 4. lette beredne brigade ; Gaza ; Forfølgelse af tyrkiske hær ; Philistine Plains Palæstina-sletten ; Ramalla, Lod, Jaffa ; "6th Light Horse Brigade" ; Kamp i bjerge ; Jerusalem, belejring og indtagelse ; Modangreb ; Ariha, (Jeriko) ; Søslag ; Jordan-dalen, "Anzac Mounted Brigade", Hedjaz-banen i Amman ; Tyrkiske modangreb ; El Salt mm. ; Palæstina-Jordan, tyrkiske stillinger ; Allenby's operationsplan, kystangreb, artilleri og infanteridivisioner ; Carmel-bjergene, Nazareth ; Haifa ; Damaskus ; Tripoli og Aleppeo.
Download or read book Australia in Palestine written by Various Authors and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Australia in Palestine” should prove of great interest to the people of Australia, and especially to those whose lives have been spent outside the great cities, for it includes a record of the achievements of their “very own”—the horsemen of Australia, and of the Flying Corps and the Anzac Section of the Imperial Camel Corps, which were recruited from them, and co-operated with them in the greatest war yet known to history. The Australian Light Horseman—and under this name I include the Field and Signal Engineers and Medical Services connected with him, who come from the same stock—is of a type peculiarly his own and has no counterpart that I know of except in his New Zealand brother. His fearlessness, initiative and endurance, and his adaptability to almost any task, are due to the adventurous life he leads in his own country, where he has been accustomed to long hours in the saddle, day and night, and to facing danger of all sorts from his earliest youth. Perhaps these qualities are inherited from his pioneer parents. His invariable good humour under the most adverse conditions comes from the good-fellowship and camaraderie which exists in the free and open life of the Australian Bush. His chivalry comes from the same source, and it is one of his strongest points. In other words, the life he has been accustomed to lead has fitted him to become, with training and discipline, second to no cavalry soldier in the world. As far as Australia is concerned, the Palestine Campaign may be said to have commenced with the crossing of the Suez Canal by the Anzac Mounted Division at Kantara on the 23rd April, 1916, to re-occupy Romani and the western end of the Katia Oasis Area. The mounted troops of Australia and New Zealand had already proved their extraordinary adaptability to circumstances as infantrymen in the hard school of Gallipoli, but it yet remained for them to show their value as cavalry. The occupation of Romani was followed by long and trying marches in the Desert of Sinai, during the hottest summer known in Egypt for many years, after an elusive enemy who did not appear in any force until July, 1916, when he advanced on Romani preparatory to his second attack on the Suez Canal. The disastrous defeat inflicted on the Turkish arms at Romani, and the pursuit which followed, not only demonstrated the inestimable value of the horsemen of Australasia as cavalrymen, but opened the way for the advance to the Eastern Frontier of Egypt which ended the enemy’s menace to Egypt. The systematic advance of the British Force from Romani to the Egyptian Border was covered by Australian and New Zealand horsemen, British Yeomanry and the Imperial Camel Corps, ably assisted by the reconnaissance of the R.F.C. and Australian Flying Corps. The victories of Magdhaba and Rafa completely cleared the enemy from Egyptian territory and opened the way for our advance into Palestine. The operations which began with the capture of Beersheba and concluded with the capture of Damascus and Aleppo, and eventually led to the complete surrender of the Turkish Forces, are dealt with in this volume, and I will say no more of them than that the brilliant part in those operations played by the Australian and New Zealand mounted troops has more than upheld the reputation they established on the battlefield of Romani. The splendid record of the 1st Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps speaks for itself. It was formed in Egypt and has grown with the campaign to a state of efficiency which places it second to none of the same arm. The casualties in action in this campaign have been light compared with the results achieved. In a very large measure this was due to the dash of the troops, which saved heavy losses on many occasions; but many brave fellows have given their lives through diseases contracted in areas which the exigencies of the service required to be occupied and fought in.
