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Amman were attacked and captured by the 2nd Light Horse
Brigade along with 106 prisoners and four machine guns. One regiment of the 1st Light Horse Brigade was sent at 10:00 to reinforce the left flank of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and came under Meldrum's command. The Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment advanced half an hour later, on the right of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade on their left. They eventually forced the Ottoman front line defenders to retire back to the main line of defence, which was also strongly supported by machine guns. At noon the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment advanced towards "the main entrance to Amman," but they were stopped by fire from concealed machine guns. However, by 13:30, fighting in the streets of the town was underway, when the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment continued their steady advance, and the 5th Light Horse Regiment entered the southern part of the town. At 14:30, a second regiment of 1st Light Horse Brigade was ordered to reinforce the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade's left. The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment advanced to a position from which they were able to enfilade the defenders in the Citadel, and shortly afterwards the 10th Squadron, with a troop of the 8th Squadron, attacked and "stormed" the Citadel. By 15:00 the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment was in Amman and, with the 5th Light Horse Regiment, were "hunting out snipers and capturing prisoners."
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Jordan River at
Makhadet Hijla to about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the Jericho to Es Salt road. The road had been cut at the Ghorianyeh Bridge before the First Transjordan attack, in the vicinity of Shunet Nimrin. The front line was strengthened by advanced posts which were also wired on the left flank at Qabr Said, Kh. el Kufrein and Qabr Mujahid. From their right flank in the foothills a wired line of redoubts and trenches facing south ran from 8,000 yards (7,300 m) north of Shunet Nimrin, across the Jordan Valley to the Jordan River, 1,000 yards (910 m) south of the Umm esh Shert ford. This line was continued west of the river by a series of individual "wired-in redoubts with good fields of fire," then as a series of trenches and redoubts along the northern or left bank of the Wadi Mellaha. These were followed by a "series of trenches and redoubts towards Bakr Ridge which were entrenched but not wired. A strong advanced position of well built sangars and wired in was held at Baghalat." Bakr Ridge in the Judean Hills was situated to the west of the salient at El Musallabe which was held by the EEF. The Ottoman front line was supported by entrenched positions on Red Hill beside the Jordan River, which was also the site of their main artillery observation point.
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during the night of 24/25 September, were forced to detrain south of Deraa. Here they found the railway line cut by Arab
Sherifial forces. A retreating column of 3,000 infantry and cavalry, 300 horse transport and guns, and 600 camels was seen at Mafrak, withdrawing northwards from Amman in the early morning of 25 September. Ten Australian aircraft bombed Mafrak between 06:00 and 08:00. The railway station, a long train and several dumps were destroyed, and the railway was completely blocked. A number of trains continued to arrive at Mafrak from Amman during the day, but each was attacked by aircraft. No. 1 Squadron AFC bombed the area three times, dropping four tons of bombs and firing almost 20,000 machine gun rounds. The survivors were forced to abandon their wheeled-transport, and only a few thousand managed to escape on foot or horse towards Deraa and Damascus.
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brigade's machine gun squadron and two guns from 29th Indian
Mountain Battery, advanced along an old Roman road on the western bank of the Jordan River, with patrols pushed towards Jisr ed Damieh and Umm esh Shert. They captured Kh Fusail and Tel es edh Dhiab, along with 26 prisoners and two machine guns. Shortly afterwards the regiment discovered an Ottoman defensive line stretching from the ford at Mafid Jozele on the Jordan River to El Musetterah 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the north west, defending the Jisr ed Damieh bridge. Units of the Seventh Army were seen withdrawing along the Wadi el Fara road from Nablus towards the Jisr ed Damieh bridge. This Ottoman defensive line was reported at 08:05 to be strongly held, but movement in the rear was detected and at 16:15 the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment reported they were withdrawing from Mafid Jozele.
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Brigade advanced guard consisting of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment. The Ottoman redoubt had been defended by nine officers and 150 other ranks armed with rifles and machine guns. All defenders were captured, and at 16:20 on 23 September, Es Salt was occupied by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade. After establishing outpost lines and searching for prisoners and intelligence, the brigade bivouacked at Suweileh for the night, to the east of Ain Hummar on the north western road to Amman. Total captures for the day were 538 prisoners, four machine guns, two automatic rifles, two 4.2-inch howitzers, one 77-mm gun, and supplies of stores and ammunition. The brigade was reinforced by the 1st Light Horse Brigade, which reached Es Salt at 24:00, while Patterson's Column, less the 38th Royal Fusiliers, moved towards Shunet Nimrin.
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during the Second Battle of Amman, by the immobile section of the 1st Light Horse Field
Ambulance and the Anzac (No. 7) Sanitary Section. Both of these units arrived from Jerusalem early on 25 September, following the wheeled supply vehicles along the Shunet Nimrin road. Subsequently a dressing-station was opened in the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre at Amman. There, 268 sick and wounded light horsemen were admitted up to 30 September and evacuated from Amman by motor ambulance wagons. Two Ottoman hospitals in the town were found to hold 480 patients, a number which quickly grew to more than 1,000. These patients and the Ottoman medical staff were evacuated to Jerusalem by motor lorries. There were also 1,269 British and Indian sick evacuated from Amman in the ten days between 30 September and 9 October.
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intense enemy artillery and machine gun fire. Although heavily shelled, they dug in and held their position. The
British West Indies Regiment advances towards Bakr Ridge were consolidated, and continued at dawn on 20 September, when their 2nd Battalion captured Bakr Ridge. An attack by the 38th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Chaytor's Force) at Mellaha opposed by machine gun and rifle fire, was less successful. An advance by the 1st and 2nd Battalions, British West Indies Regiment had by 7:00 captured Grant Ridge, Baghalat and Chalk Ridge. A large Ottoman force was seen south of Kh. Fusail in the late morning on the western side of the Jordan River. By 19:00 the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade had begun its advance towards Tel sh edh Dhib. Jericho was shelled again in the mid-afternoon.
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peculiarly aggressive and blood–thirsty mosquitoes, laden with as subsequent events proved the parasites of malignant malaria." While the other units advanced to Es Salt and Amman, the 2nd
Battalion remained to guard the bridge and was subsequently virtually the whole unit was infected with malaria. By 19 October 726 soldiers from this unit, had been evacuated with malignant malaria. Within the units of Chaytor's Force which moved to Es Salt and Amman cases of malignant malaria began to appear in much smaller numbers on 28 September and up to 10 October 2 Light Horse Brigade which had not been in the Jisr ed Damieh area evacuated 57 soldiers compared with 239 from the 1st Light Horse Brigade and 316 from the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade.
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advanced south east along the road from the bridge 8 miles (13 km) across the Jordan Valley to the foothills of Moab, with patrols to the east and north, to make the 3,000 feet (910 m) climb to Es Salt. The 1st Light Horse
Brigade in the centre, advanced across the Jordan River at the Umm esh Shert ford at 09:10. They met no opposition as they rode up the Arseniyet track (also known as the Wadi Abu Turra track) to arrive at Es Salt at midnight. To the south, the 2nd Light Horse Brigade moved round the southern flank of the Shunet Nimrin position, captured Kabr Muahid at 04:45, before climbing to Es Salt via the village of Ain es Sir. All wheeled transport vehicles moved along the Shunet Nimrin road to Es Salt.
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nights were cold. With malaria dormant in their blood, the change of climate caused many cases of attacks of malaria fever. Before the returning 2nd Light Horse and New
Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigades reached Jerusalem on their way back to Deiran, they, along with the 1st Light Horse Brigade still the Amman area, were struck by a heavy outbreak of disease. "Between 19 September and 3 November, 6920 men in Chaytor's Force were listed as sick. In the Anzac division, 1088 men were sick in September; the number trebled in the following month ... In some regiments, riderless horses were let loose and herded down into the valley like a mob of cattle."
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left for Amman with Chaytor at 17:30. The 5th and 7th Light Horse Regiments galloped through the encircling Arabs into the Ottoman position, and placed troops in position at intervals in the Ottoman line, where they remained until the morning. Two small clashes between Beni Sakhr Arabs and Ottomans occurred before dark, but a cordon was put round the Ottoman force after the arrival of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. The Beni Sakhr were warned to keep back, though they attempted to raid the hospital. During the night, several attacks by the Beni Sakhr Arab force were driven off by Ottoman machine gun fire and light horse rifles.
2206:. The prisoners escorted by 5th Light Horse Regiment, less one squadron at Amman with one squadron 7th Light Horse attached, moved off to Amman at 07:15. All arms and equipment were collected and put in railway trucks. This task was finished by 15:30. The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment remained to guard the sick until transport was organised. One hundred sick walking cases were sent on to Amman in New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade transport wagons and the 2nd Light Horse Brigade commenced its return journey to Amman. They arrived at 21:00, while the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade remained in charge at Ziza.
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seriously ill. The 1st Light Horse Brigade evacuated 126 cases during the seven days following 28 September, and 239 cases by 10 October. The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade evacuated 316 cases and the 2nd Light Horse Brigade had 57 cases, many of whom suffered a high fever of 105° to 106 °F. More than 700 cases of mostly malignant malaria were reported during the first 12 days of October, and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade lost about one third of its strength. Of the approximately 5,000 New Zealanders, about 3,000 were either in hospital or in convalescent depots, mostly with malaria.
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commander von Oppen to the west of Nablus during the morning of 21 September, when Asia Corps was being reorganised; remnants of the 702nd and 703rd Battalions (Asia Corps) were amalgamated into one battalion, while the 701st Battalion remained intact. At 10:00 that morning, von Oppen was informed that the EEF was approaching Nablus and that the Wadi Fara road was blocked. He attempted to retreat down to the Jordan at the Jisr ed Damieh bridge via Beit Dejan, 7 miles (11 km) east south east of Nablus, but found this way blocked by Chaytor's Force. He then ordered a retreat via
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formations attacked these columns with 48 bombs and 7,000 machine gun rounds shortly after 07:00. Eight direct hits on lorries and wagons blocked the road, and the retreat became a disorderly rout. At about the same time, airmen reported that camps at Samakh and Deraa were burning and long trains "with steam up facing east" and north, but "would never arrive anywhere" because the railway lines were cut. Retreating German and Ottoman forces from Nablus were seen approaching Deraa. "And this was the refuge towards which the Fourth Army from Amman was making in headlong retreat!"
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guns fired 16 shells, then withdrew as the light horse patrols approached. The brigade bivouacked for the night on the road from Ain es Sir to Ain Hummar when a strong picquet line was maintained throughout the night. (See Falls Sketch Map 24 Amman detail) Most of the land to the west of Amman was cleared of enemy forces during the afternoon of 24 September, and by that evening Chaytor's Force, less the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, the 38th Royal Fusiliers at Shunet Nimrin and the Jisr ed Damieh detachment, was concentrated at Es Salt with mounted troops at Suweileh.
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having totally destroyed two Armies in 36 hours! The VII and VIII Armies, now non–existent, were the best troops in the Turkish Empire; and were strongly backed by Germans and Austrians ... I have just heard that my cavalry have taken Haifa and Acre, today. They had a bit of a fight, at Haifa; but I have no details yet. I think my Jordan troops will probably reach Es Salt tomorrow; but they won't catch many Turks there. However, my aeroplanes have been pulverising the retreating Turks in that locality.
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assurances by Brigadier General Ryrie commanding the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, that the sick and wounded Ottoman soldiers would be cared for, the Ottoman force concentrated at dawn near Ziza railway station while the light horsemen took the bolts from the Ottoman rifles. Two Anatolian battalions remained armed in case the Beni Sakhr attacked during the march. The 5th Light Horse Regiment marched between 4,068 and 4,082 prisoners, including walking wounded, north to Amman. They were followed by 502 sick.
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column withdrawing across the ford. Mafid Jozele was captured by 05:50 on 23 September, along with 37 prisoners, but the bridge had been destroyed at the ford. The last remaining Ottoman defences on the western bank of the Jordan south of the Jisr ed Damieh bridge had thus been captured, although most of the Ottoman defenders of these two fords managed to escape. Captures included 105 prisoners, 4 machine guns, 4 automatic rifles, transport, horses and stores.
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general moving northwards from Amman along the railway towards Deraa by 22 September, where they were ordered to form a rearguard line from Deraa to Irbid. Aerial reconnaissance aircraft spotted the Ottoman army withdrawal from Amman towards Deraa. Ottoman units in the hills to the south west, and a column of all arms, were seen moving from the Es Salt area towards Amman. The aircraft bombed and machine gunned this column, then flew back to report at Ramleh.
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held in strength the assault on the town was to be deferred until infantry could reinforce the mounted infantry. Only the outlying or forward trenches were to be attacked, artillery was to fire on the town, all lines of retreat northwards were to be cut. Aerial bombing of Amman was requested. The 1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment arrived at Suweileh at 07:00 to take over garrison duties from the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.
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their objectives at Afulah, Nazareth, and Beisan. The two Ottoman armies were left without effective communications, and so could not organize any combined action against the continuing onslaught by the British Empire infantry in the Judean Hills. The Ottoman Seventh and Eighth Armies were forced to withdraw northwards along the main roads and railways from Tulkarm and Nablus, which converged to run through the
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Nellie", abandoned on its side in a gully beside the road. Patterson's Column, which had been formed at 15:00 on 22 September by the 38th and 39th Battalions Royal Fusiliers (Chaytor's Force) under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Patterson, concentrated at the Auja bridgehead just across the Jordan River to the north of Ghoraniyeh, ready to follow the 20th Indian Brigade to Shunet Nimrin.
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armed with 1,500 rifles and supported by three sections of machine guns and 40 Lewis guns. This force moved eastwards along the main road from Jericho, across the Jordan River at Ghoranyeh to Es Salt towards Shunet Nimrin, while the immobile section remained in defence in the right sector of the occupied Jordan Valley. The CRA was to support this advance by targeting Shunet Nimrin. Before
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two hours before they resumed their journey. One group of motor ambulances drove between Amman and the Welsh Field Ambulance, and a second group drove from the Welsh Field Ambulance to Jericho. Motor lorries and some cars of No. 35 Motor Ambulance Convoy evacuated the sick from the Anzac Mounted Division receiving station near Jericho to the casualty clearing station at Jerusalem.
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sent to Madeba where they captured a number of prisoners and a very large amount of grain. Emergency rations were supplemented by food bought from the inhabitants. The 20th Indian Brigade along with the VIIIXX RHA Brigade and 1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment were ordered to march to Amman, leaving the 39th Royal Fusiliers at Suweileh to take over the defence of Es Salt.
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action" on 26 September, they captured 105 prisoners and one gun. Aircraft guided the 1st Light Horse Brigade to the location of an Ottoman force on 27 September, which the aircraft then machine gunned. Subsequently the light horsemen captured 300 prisoners and two machine guns. By evening, they had captured the water at Wadi el Hamman, while one regiment occupied
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Talat Armah to protect Meldrum's right flank and rear, and if necessary to block the track from Mafid Jozele. Aerial reconnaissance flights during the evening of 21 September, confirmed that Shunet Nimrin in the rear of Meldrum's Force was still strongly garrisoned, and that the roads and tracks running west from Amman were carrying normal traffic.
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headquarters that, unless the Ottoman force surrendered, they would be bombed at 15:00. Negotiations for a surrender began at 11:45, and the 5th Light Horse Regiment moved across the railway to within 700 yards (640 m) of the Ottoman force, which was surrounded by Bedouin. Reports were received by 12:45 that the Ottoman force at
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arrived at Ziza late in the afternoon. The remainder of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, less details and patrols, left Amman at 13:45. They moved slowly at first, through hilly and stony country between Amman and Leban, then trotted to Ziza, where they arrived at 17:20. The Bedouin force which surrounded the Ottoman II Corps were
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he correctly guessed that Liman von Sanders would order a strong rearguard action. However, Jevad, the commander of the Eighth Army which included Asia Corps, ordered von Oppen to move eastwards across the Jordan River. Von Oppen got all the German and some of his Ottoman soldiers across the Jordan River before the
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The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade arrived at 05:30 on 30 September to take over the position and the care of the 534 sick, as well as collecting the 14 guns, 35 machine guns, two automatic rifles, three railway engines, 25 railway trucks, lorries and large amounts of ammunition and stores. After
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The 2nd Light Horse Brigade was ordered to blow up the railway line as far to the south as they could, in order to obstruct and delay the northward movement of the Ottoman II Corps. They cut the railway line just north of Ziza Station. By 08:30 on 27 September, they had captured some Ottoman soldiers
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Chaytor's Force issued orders at midnight for attacks on Shunet Nimrin, Kabr Mujahid and Tel er Ramr when the retreat of the Fourth Army became apparent at 23:35 on 22/23 September. These attacks were to be carried out by the 2nd Light Horse Brigade and the mobile sections of the 20th Indian Brigade,
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Von Oppen's battalions and about 700 German and 1,300 Ottoman soldiers in the 16th and 19th Infantry Divisions were moving north towards Beisan on 22 September when they learned it had already been captured. He planned to continue his withdrawal north to Samakh during the night of 22 September, where
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No. 1 Squadron (AFC) patrols found the Shunet Nimrin garrison still in place on the morning of 22 September, but Rujm el Oshir camp (to the east of Jericho, halfway between the Jordan River and the Hedjaz railway) had been broken up, and fires burned west of the Amman railway station. Ain es Sir camp
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The Seventh and Fourth Armies had begun to withdraw, and before dawn on 21 September Chaytor ordered the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment to advance and capture Kh Fasail, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Baghalat on the road to the Jisr ed Damieh bridge. The regiment, supported by one section of their
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Detail of Falls Sketch Map No. 24 showing Jericho, Wadi Nueiame, Wadi el Auja, Wadi el Mellaha, El Musallabe, Bakr Ridge, El Baghalat, Kh Fasail, Meteil edn Dhib, El Musetter, and the fords from El Ghoraniye, to Umm esh Shert, Mafid Jozele and Jisr ed Damieh with the entrenched Shunet Nimrin position
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Chaytor's Force continued to vigorously patrol the eastern flank as the Battles of Sharon and Nablus developed. They were opposed on the western side of the Jordan River by the Ottoman 53rd Division (Seventh Army) to the west of Baghalat and units of the Fourth Army, which held the Ottoman front line
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The Yildirim Army Group commanded by von Sanders consisted of 40,598 front line infantrymen armed with 19,819 rifles, 273 light machine guns and 696 heavy machine guns in August 1918. The high number of machine guns reflected the Ottoman Army's new tables of organization and the machine gun component
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Chaytor's Force held the right flank from their junction with the XX Corps in the Judean Hills 8 miles (13 km) north west of Jericho, across the Jordan Valley, and then southwards through the Ghoraniye and Auja bridgeheads to the Dead Sea. This area was overlooked by well sited Ottoman or German
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The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade returned from Ziza to Amman between 1 and 2 October, then continued on to Ain es Sir on 3 October and returned to the Jordan Valley the next day. At Ain es Sir, the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment captured a number of Circassians "suspected of involvement in
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To people accustomed to ordinary benign tertian malaria the serious and dramatic nature of the malignant type was most alarming. The men attacked were suddenly prostrated in high fever, 105° and 106 °F (41 °C). being frequently reported, they were often delirious and occasionally maniacal.
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Chaytor's Force's total captures from the beginning of operations to 30 September were 10,322 prisoners, 57 guns including one 5.9-inch gun, three 5.9-inch howitzers, one anti aircraft gun, ten 10 cm guns, 32 77 mm guns, six 75 mm guns, two 3-inch guns and two 13 pounder HAC guns, 147
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to Naur to Ain Hummar road across the plateau, with a strong detachment occupying Ain es Sir. The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade sent a detachment at about midday on 26 September to investigate a report of Ottoman and German soldiers with guns at Er Rumman, but none were found. They subsequently
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By the evening of 25 September, the 1st Light Horse Brigade held the Amman railway station area, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade held the area to the south, while the 2nd Light Horse Brigade bivouacked on the western slope of Hill 3039. A squadron from the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment was
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By 16:30 on 25 September the Anzac Mounted Division, captured Amman along with between 2,500 and 2,563 prisoners, 300 sick, ten guns (three of which were heavy), and 25 machine guns. The mounted infantry method of systematically "galloping to points of vantage and bringing fire to bear on the flanks
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The 2nd Light Horse Brigade continued their advance to Es Salt up the Wadi Jeria and Wadi Sir, reaching Ain es Sir at 10:30, with forward patrols to the cross roads and north east of the village. During this advance the brigade was fired on by two Ottoman 77 mm guns located near Sueifiye. These
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While the Ottoman Fourth Army continued to hold the eastern side of the Jordan Valley, Es Salt, Amman and the Hejaz railway, Chaytor's smaller force was to continue the EEF's occupation of the Jordan Valley. As soon as possible, Chaytor's Force was to advance northwards to capture the Jisr ed Damieh
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I think we shall manage the subsidy required as well as the extra £50,000 you require for Northern Operations ... I am urging for another £500,000 additional to the £400,000 en route from Australia and I am sure you will do what you can, through the WO to represent the importance of not risking
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during the summer of 1918 for a number of reasons. A retreat out of the valley would further enhance the morale of the German and Ottoman forces, and their standing among the peoples living in the region, following their two Transjordan victories. So important did Allenby consider the support of the
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On 30 September, Allenby reported to the War Office his intentions for the occupied area: "I am not extending the existing Occupied Enemy Territory Administration to places east of Jordan in the "B" area, such as Es Salt and Amman, but until such time as an Arab administration be formed later, I am
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The brigade left the Jordan Valley after three days at Jericho, bivouacking at Tallat ed Dumm on 8 October. They paused at midday on 9 October at the Mount of Olives, near Bethany, then "rode down into the Valley of Jehosophat for the last time, past the Garden of Gethsemane, up round the old walls
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The Anzac Mounted Division evacuated more than 3,000 sick in the last three weeks of September 2700 of which were cases of malignant malaria. The divisional collecting station was brought forward from Suweileh on 30 September, and at one time treated as many as 246 cases, the majority of which were
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These large numbers of evacuations to Jericho, eight to ten hours away, travelled mostly in motor lorries. Motor ambulances were reserved for the most severe cases. The trip was broken about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Es Salt, where the Welsh Field Ambulance fed the patients and rested them for
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Only a rearguard of the Fourth Army was captured at Amman. The remainder of the garrison was already retreating northwards, following orders received from Liman von Sanders on 21 September, four days before Chaytor's attack. Those who had escaped by train, before the line was cut by Chaytor's Force
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The defences at Amman had been greatly strengthened since the First Transjordan attack on Amman, with the construction of a series of redoubts that were defended by machine guns. However, the boggy ground which had limited movement during the first attack in March, was by the early autumn, firm and
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The main road from Jericho to Es Salt, along which all wheeled transport and supplies for Chaytor's Force travelled, had been severely damaged by the retreating Fourth Army. The 20th Indian Brigade, which had been marching up this road, was ordered to provide working parties to unblock it. This was
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At dawn on 23 September, aircraft "observed a column of fairly orderly traffic of all arms streaming down the road from Es Salt to Amman," which was subsequently bombed and machine gunned. Groups of retreating Ottoman soldiers were seen moving from the hills to the south-west towards Amman. Bombing
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The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade' advanced guard was opposed by a line of outposts and a strongly wired Ottoman redoubt located across the main Jisr ed Damieh to Es Salt road 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Es Salt. This extensive rearguard position was attacked and outflanked by the New Zealand
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While at Deraa on 21 September during his withdrawal from Nazareth to Damascus, Liman von Sanders ordered the Fourth Army to withdraw. They were to move without waiting for the II Corps/Southern Force, which had also begun to withdraw north from Ma'an and the southern Hejaz railway. The army was in
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In addition to the close patrol work, demonstrations against Ottoman defences were made during the nights of 17 and 18 September, by the 1st Light Horse Brigade and a regiment of 2nd Light Horse Brigade, which rode out from the bridgeheads in the Jordan Valley. The Ottoman "heavy high-velocity gun"
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Consisting of Ottoman, Arab and Circassian soldiers, the II Corps had three options: to pass to the east of Amman along the Darb el Haj direct to Damascus, although water would be a problem in that desert region, to attack Chaytor's Force at Amman, or to move westwards, to try to get to the Jordan
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The 1st Light Horse Brigade was ordered to capture the nearest water in the Wadi el Hamman 10 miles (16 km) north of Amman, to deny it to the retreating columns. A regiment of the brigade captured Kalaat ez Zerka railway station, 12 miles (19 km) north east of Amman. Here, "after a short
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Orders were issued for the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and the 2nd Light Horse Brigades to advance at 06:00 on 25 September to capture Amman followed by the 1st Light Horse Brigade who left at 06:30. They were to strongly assault the defenders, if the town was lightly held. If Amman was found to be
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The Mafid Jozel ford was captured by the 2nd Battalion British West Indies Regiment, reinforced by the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 1st Light Horse Brigade. Despite encountering strong resistance at Mellahet umm Afein, this force attacked and "drove in" the rearguard defending the ford and an Ottoman
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Meldrum's Force, commanded by Brigadier-General W. Meldrum, was formed at 20:30 from the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and their machine gun squadron, mounted sections of the 1st and 2nd Battalions British West Indies Regiment, the 29th Indian Mountain Battery, and the Ayrshire (or Inverness)
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Liman von Sanders had been out of contact with his three armies until he reached Samakh on the afternoon of 20 September. As soon as he was able, he placed the 16th and 19th Infantry Divisions of the Asia Corps (Eighth Army) under his direct orders. These two divisions made contact with Asia Corps
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to Es Salt Road were held by the VIII Corps's 48th Division. The Composite Division was on their left, while the Caucasus Cavalry Brigade and the Mule-Mounted Infantry Regiment held outposts extending southwards towards the Dead Sea. The II Corps was responsible for some 200 miles (320 km) of
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A receiving station was formed from the immobile sections of light horse and mounted rifle brigades' field ambulances, a section from the 1/1st Welsh and the 157th Indian Field Ambulances with an operating unit, the Anzac Field Laboratory, and a detachment from an Egyptian hospital. This Receiving
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bridge across the Jordan River. He stated, "The possession by the Turks of the road Nablus–Jisr ed Damie–Es Salt is of great advantage to them; and, until I get it, I can't occupy Es Salt with my troops or the Arabs." He hoped the capture of this important Ottoman line of communication from Nablus
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I am not strong enough to make holding attacks on both flanks, and the Turks can transfer their reserves from flank to flank as required. The Turks have more of these, the VII Army have 2400, and the VIII Army 5800 in Reserve. I must maintain my hold on the bridges of the Jordan, and my control of
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Chaytor arrived at about 17:00, and informed the Ottoman commander that his soldiers were to "be prepared to defend" themselves for the coming night. The Ottoman commander Colonel Kaaimakan Ali Bey Whahaby agreed to be a hostage in exchange for the cooperation of his men with Chaytor's Force, and
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Chaytor ordered Meldrum to cut the Wadi el Fara road from Nablus to Es Salt west of the Jordan River, occupy the headquarters of the Ottoman 53rd Division at El Makhruk, and capture the Jisr ed Damieh on the Wadi el Fara road over the Jordan River. Meldrum's Force left Kh Fusail at midnight on 22
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During the first 36 hours of the Battle of Megiddo, between 04:30 on 19 September and 17:00 on 20 September, the German and Ottoman front line had been cut by infantry of the EEF's XXI Corps. This allowed the cavalry of the Desert Mounted Corps to pass through the gap and begin their ride towards
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On 21 September 1 Light Horse and the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigades accompanied by the 1st and 2nd Battalions British West Indies Regiment advanced to the Jisr ed Damieh. The surrounding area was swampy ground where no mosquito management had been carried out. "The air was full of hordes of
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The mobile sections of the field ambulances followed their brigades to Es Salt with their camel transport. They travelled up the Umm esh Shert and Jisr ed Damieh tracks, while their wheeled transport followed by the Shunet Nimrim road. A divisional collecting station was established at Suweileh,
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would surrender, and the bombing raid was cancelled. The remainder of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade was ordered to "make a forced march" from Amman to Ziza, and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade was ordered to follow at dawn the next day. The 7th Light Horse Regiment (2nd Light Horse Brigade)
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The Turks East of Jordan are retreating North; and I am sending all available troops from the Jordan Valley after them, via Es Salt. I've been going round hospitals today. All the sick and wounded are very cheerful and content. I've told them that they've done the biggest thing in the war –
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crossing of the Jordan River on the main road to Es Salt from Jericho. By 18:15 in the evening, the 20th Indian Brigade had reached Shunet Nimrin with a squadron of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade as advance guard. Here they found the 150-mm long-range naval gun "Jericho Jane", also known as "Nimrin
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To the south of Jisr ed Damieh, the Umm esh Shert ford was captured by the 38th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Chaytor's Force). At 03:00 on 22 September they took advantage of the absence of Ottoman defenders at Mellaha, to advance to occupy trenches overlooking the ford at Umm esh Shert, which was
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The Auckland and Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiments advanced north along a Roman road, across a narrow plain between the Judean Hills to the west, but exposed to artillery fire on the eastern side across the Jordan River. The Auckland Mounted Rifle Regiment's objective was to capture the Damieh
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Aircraft reconnaissance, during a second dawn patrol on 20 September reported the whole area quiet, from Jisr ed Damieh bridge north to Beisan and from the bridge east across the Jordan Valley to Es Salt. Bristol Fighters attacked 200 vehicles at the Wadi Fara elbow, seen withdrawing from Nablus
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Chaytor's Force blocked the road and railway at Amman and prepared to intercept the Ottoman II Corps of the Fourth Army, which was retreating north from Ma'an. This large Ottoman force which had garrisoned the towns and railway stations on the southern Hejaz Railway, was reported to be 30 miles
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Chaytor's Force entered the hills of Moab on a front stretching from north to south of almost 15 miles (24 km). The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, the northernmost, left one squadron and the 1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment to hold the Jisr ed Damieh bridge. The brigade then
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at the Ottoman front line position on the Bakr Ridge during the afternoon. Three companies of the 2nd Battalion British West Indies Regiment, (Chaytor's Force) supported by the 160th Brigade's battery, "drove in" Ottoman outposts and captured a ridge to the south of Bakr Ridge at 15:25, despite
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line north of Amman during the night of 24/25 September. This force, carrying nothing but tools and weapons, advanced 12 miles (19 km) to the railway, where they destroyed part of the Hejaz railway line 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Amman near Kalaat ez Zerka station. They "returned next
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Chaytor's Force was to advance eastwards to capture Es Salt and Amman, and to intercept and capture the 4,600-strong southern Hejaz garrison. During the first days of the Battle of Megiddo, the Fourth Army had remained in position, while Chaytor's Force carried out demonstrations against it.
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the Hejaz Railway, a strong detachment of about seven battalions was at Ma'an and about eight battalions were deployed between Ma'an and Amman. The Fourth Army's reserve was formed by the German 146th Regiment, the 3rd Cavalry Division and part of the 12th Regiment at Es Salt.
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bridge, which would cut a main line of retreat for the Ottoman Seventh and Eighth Armies. This was also a main line of communication between the two armies west of the Jordan River in the Judean Hills with the Fourth Army in the east. The expectation was that, the
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Amman was an important city on the Ottoman lines of communication. All of the supplies and reinforcements for the Ottoman army force defending the line on the eastern edge of the Jordan Valley had passed through it. Now the city was on the main line of retreat.
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on the Esdrealon Plain. They also reported that three large fires were burning at Nablus railway station, while fires were also reported at the Balata dumps, and the whole Ottoman line from El Lubban to the Jordan appeared to be "alarmed", according to Cutlack.
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regarding his plans for the Anzac Mounted Division: "I shall leave one cavalry division in the Amman area to operate against and cut off the enemy retreating Northwards from Ma'an, and thereafter it will proceed to Damascus and rejoin Desert Mounted Corps."
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Station took over the site near Jericho, occupied by the main dressing station during the two Transjordan attacks, which could accommodate 200 patients in mud huts, 400 patients in tents, and 700 patients in the abandoned Desert Mounted Corps headquarters.
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machine guns, 13 automatic rifles including one Hotchkiss rifle and one Lewis gun, two wireless sets, 11 railway engines, 106 railway rolling stock, 142 vehicles and large quantities of artillery shells, small arms ammunition (SAA) and other material.
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and then through the streets of Jerusalem, past the Jaffa Gate, on to the Hebron road." The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade rested for a few days near Jerusalem, then returned to Richon le Zion on 14 October to rest and recuperate.
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Valley. Patterson's Column was ordered to entrench Shunet Nimrin, Es Salt and Suweileh in case they moved westwards. On the Royal Fusiliers' right the 2nd Light Horse Brigade closely guarded the country to the south, in particular the
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The Seventh and Fourth Armies touched at Baghalat, 6 miles (9.7 km) west north west of Umm esh Shert. Both sides of the Jordan River were defended by the 24th Infantry Division and the 3rd Cavalry Division, and both sides of the
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The Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, with one section of machine gun squadron attached, reached the Nablus to Jisr ed Damieh road early on the morning of 22 September and captured their objectives. Meanwhile the Auckland and
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became common for one man to be placed in charge of eight horses. At this time, the horses were fed newly threshed barley, which resulted in the deaths of 15 horses in Chaytor's Force, while a further 160 became seriously ill.
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and his forces. It is absolutely essential to me that he should continue to be active. He is a sensible, well–informed man; and he is fully alive to the limitations imposed on me. I keep in close touch with him, through
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crossing from the north east, while the Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment's objectives were to make a frontal attack on El Makhruk, capture the headquarters of the Ottoman 53rd Division, and cut the Nablus road.
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Pass to Jenin on the Esdrealon Plain. There, retreating columns from these two Ottoman armies would be captured during the evening of 20 September by the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, who already occupied the town.
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train full of wounded, along with 10 officers and 70 other ranks found sick at Kh es Samra. Woodward claims the Red Crescent train at Qalat el Mafraq had been looted and all the sick and wounded killed.
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during the Battle of Sharon, Chaytor's Force had crossed the Jordan River on 23 September to climb to the Plateau of Moab and Gilead on their way to capture Es Salt that evening. (See Gullett's Map 35.)
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and a second attack at the end of April during the Second Transjordan attack. The Fourth Army also held substantial forces at Amman, and guarding tunnels and viaducts along the Hejaz railway near Amman.
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September with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment as vanguard, followed by the 1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment, which dumped their kits and blankets to move "at once" towards the bridge.
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carried out patrols north from the Wadi Aujah and west of Baghalat before dawn on 19 September, but were "compelled to withdraw" due to heavy artillery and machine gun fire. Progress made by the
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The Fourth Army had been headquartered at Es Salt during the Second Transjordan attack at the end of April, having moved forward from Amman after the First Transjordan attack in March/April.
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Many of Chaytor's Force became sick towards the end of operations, and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade lost almost 60 per cent of its strength sick to hospital during the period.
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completed by 08:50 on 24 September, when the 20th Indian Brigade continued their march to Es Salt, where they took over garrison duties from the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.
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on 18 September to Chaytor's Force. The flight was based at Jerusalem, with responsibility for cooperation with artillery, contact patrols, and tactical reconnaissance up to 10,000
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Battery RHA. This force concentrated half an hour later east of Musallabeh, to begin their advance to Kh. Fusail where they arrived just before midnight. At the same time, the
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attacks on the Seventh Army, would force the Fourth Army to withdraw northwards along the Hejaz railway to conform with the withdrawals of the Seventh and Eighth Armies.
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station at Amman to Shunet Nimrin remained a serious threat to the occupation of the Jordan Valley, as a large German and Ottoman force could quickly be moved along this
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All prisoners were mustered. Walking sick cases were collected under shelter of the station buildings, and cot cases were transferred to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance
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Nazareth has been mentioned as the objective of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, who were to "await the retreating Turks beginning to stream back through the Dothan pass".
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has been described by Bou as "nearly equivalent to two divisions," being a reinforced mounted infantry division of 11,000 men. By the end of operations on 30 September
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south of Leban Station, 12 miles (19 km) to the south of Amman. One of the prisoners said the advanced guard of a 6,000 strong retreating column had reached
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during these seven days of battle, resulting in the capture of many thousands of prisoners, and extensive territory. After several days pursuing remnant columns,
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of such machine gun nests," combined with quick outflanking of machine guns eventually won all obstacles, and the opposition was broken.
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to the Jordan River at Jisr ed Damieh and on to Es Salt would also "encourage both my own new Indian troops and my Arab Allies."
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from Amman to Shunet Nimrin, from where they could mount a major attack into the Jordan Valley. As Allenby explains,
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The Last Crusade: The Palestine Campaign in the First World War
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4143:"Anzac Mounted Division Admin Staff, Headquarters War Diary"
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4095:"New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade Headquarters War Diary"
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the May attack and escorted them to Jerusalem for trial."
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in the Judean Hills and towards the Jordan, with the
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to the east overlooked by El Haud to the north east
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1684:Battle of Nablus eastern flank 19 to 21 September
1247:a delay again in the payment of our Arab subsidy.
1177:and Battle of Nablus. Fighting extended from the
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4119:"Anzac Mounted Division General Staff War Diary"
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1903:on the Mediterranean coast, was captured by the
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4626:Carey, Gordon Vero; Scott, Hugh Sumner (2011).
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2053:Amman in foreground, Hill 3039 behind
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1768:Capture of Kh Fasail on 21 September
1363:Battle of Megiddo 19 to 20 September
1288:Allenby letter to Wilson 5 June 1918
1161:, surrendered to Chaytor's Force at
1139:battle for the Jisr ed Damieh bridge
6574:Ottomans against the Triple Entente
5368:Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
4628:An Outline History of the Great War
4583:A Short History of the British Army
4298:Gallipoli, Palestine and New Guinea
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4071:"2nd Light Horse Brigade War Diary"
2088:Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1824:Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiments
1293:By July, Allenby was "very anxious
1173:after the EEF victories during the
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4521:Powles, C. Guy; A. Wilkie (1922).
3032:Erickson 2007 pp. 132, 2001 p. 196
2494:branch of Islam, with some Jewish
2014:Allenby's assessment of the battle
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1554:New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
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4259:Cutlack, Frederic Morley (1941).
2587:First Transjordan attack on Amman
1919:Capture of "Jericho Jane" in the
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1560:, and the 1st and 2nd Battalions
1498:) in advance of Chaytor's Force.
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1860:Asia Corps withdrawal continues
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6423:Deportations from East Prussia
6220:1915 typhus epidemic in Serbia
4546:. London: Constable & Co.
4474:. London: Constable & Co.
3380:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 552, note
2822:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 511, 545
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6831:Ottoman Empire in World War I
6821:British Empire in World War I
6475:Ukrainian Canadian internment
4410:Hughes, Matthew, ed. (2004).
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1835:captured shortly afterwards.
1221:Following the victory at the
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6630:Sazonov–Paléologue Agreement
5929:Estonian War of Independence
5597:Southern Palestine offensive
4559:Pugsley, Christoper (2004).
4314:Erickson, Edward J. (2001).
2748:Falls 1930 Vol. 2. pp. 547–8
2596:
2565:who had agreed to co–operate
2073:
2031:Battle of Amman 25 September
1562:British West Indies Regiment
1231:Egyptian Expeditionary Force
1225:at the end of 1917, and the
1169:remnants of the Seventh and
1123:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
1099:Egyptian Expeditionary Force
360:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
280:British West Indies Regiment
7:
6584:USA against Austria-Hungary
5983:Turkish War of Independence
5935:Latvian War of Independence
5660:Treaty of Bucharest of 1918
5251:Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo
4598:Woodward, David R. (2006).
3942:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 558–9
3884:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 556–7
3696:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 554–5
3443:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 553–4
3392:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 552–3
3328:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 551–2
3168:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 511–2
2943:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 pp. 548–9
2222:Roman Amphitheatre at Amman
1967:Air support on 23 September
1843:Air support on 22 September
1512:, which were equipped with
1320:Australian Mounted Division
1153:on 25 September during the
10:
6927:
6667:Treaties of Brest-Litovsk
6215:1899–1923 cholera pandemic
5675:Second Battle of the Marne
5562:Second battle of the Aisne
5431:Second Battle of Champagne
5272:German invasion of Belgium
4579:Wavell, Field Marshal Earl
4504:Moore, A. Briscoe (1920).
4278:DiMarco, Louis A. (2008).
2034:
1959:) had captured Es Salt on
1806:
1631:east of the Jordan River.
1412:
1318:From the departure of the
6773:
6732:
6653:
6592:
6554:
6498:
6487:
6448:Assyrian genocide (Sayfo)
6391:
6363:
6311:
6233:
6207:
6159:
6052:
6045:
5977:Irish War of Independence
5873:
5755:
5720:Armistice of Villa Giusti
5705:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
5630:
5532:
5459:
5360:
5317:First Battle of the Marne
5264:
5226:
5161:
5152:
5095:
4969:
4958:
4924:
4896:
4858:
4810:
4763:
4756:
4683:
4230:. London: Pan Macmillan.
4175:. London: HM Stationers.
3984:Blenkinsop 1925 pp. 243–4
3854:Falls 1930 Vol. pp. 555–6
1809:Capture of Jisr ed Damieh
1788:Commander Royal Artillery
1728:7th Light Horse Regiments
1697:to east of Baghalat. The
1536:Jordan Valley deployments
1377:Liman von Sanders escapes
1256:to Allenby on 5 July 1918
829:
368:
284:38th and 39th Battalions
255:
191:
79:
38:
30:
25:
6600:Constantinople Agreement
5893:Armenian–Azerbaijani War
5756:Co-belligerent conflicts
5725:Second Romanian campaign
5695:Third Transjordan attack
5406:Gorlice–Tarnów offensive
5312:Battle of Grand Couronné
4563:. Auckland: Reed Books.
4491:. Regimental Committee.
4487:Maunsell, E. B. (1926).
4356:History of the Great War
4056:Powles 1922 pp. 256, 263
3731:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 555
3664:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 559
3640:Powles 1922 pp. 252, 257
3539:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 554
3408:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 553
3362:Wavell 1968 pp. 220, 223
3337:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 546
3293:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 552
3202:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 550
3071:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 674
3023:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 549
2952:Powles 1922 pp. 231, 235
2922:Carver 2003 pp. 225, 232
2904:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 460
2757:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 548
2686:Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 547
2308:
2288:Return to Richon le Zion
2278:, Anzac Mounted Division
1953:8th Light Horse Regiment
1945:3rd Light Horse Regiment
1239:occupy the Jordan Valley
1145:on their way to capture
1087:Third Transjordan attack
1072:Indian and Pacific Ocean
26:Third Transjordan attack
6663:Modus vivendi of Acroma
6615:Bulgaria–Germany treaty
5923:Greater Poland Uprising
5823:National Protection War
5700:Meuse–Argonne offensive
5650:German spring offensive
5645:Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
5421:Siege of Novogeorgievsk
5396:Second Battle of Artois
5277:Battle of the Frontiers
4471:Allenby's Final Triumph
4449:Kinloch, Terry (2007).
4211:. London: John Murray.
4207:Bruce, Anthony (2002).
2665:Mitchell 1978 pp. 160–1
2354:Charles Kingsford Smith
2243:Health among the troops
2107:Gullett's Map 43 shows
1957:3rd Light Horse Brigade
1677:by Chetwode on 18 April
1566:1st Light Horse Brigade
1546:2nd Light Horse Brigade
1384:, the commander of the
1209:was signed between the
548:Berukin & 1st Arara
278:1st and 2nd Battalions
6688:Paris Peace Conference
6676:Ukraine–Central Powers
6470:Massacres of Albanians
6438:Late Ottoman genocides
6245:Bulgarian occupations
5953:Third Anglo-Afghan War
5917:Hungarian–Romanian War
5735:Naval Victory Bulletin
5730:Armistice with Germany
5680:Hundred Days Offensive
5607:Battle of La Malmaison
5557:Second battle of Arras
5524:Battle of Transylvania
5378:Second Battle of Ypres
5246:Sarajevo assassination
5135:South African Republic
4432:; Joan Graham (1955).
4374:Australia in Palestine
4154:Baly, Lindsay (2003).
3912:Kinloch 2007 pp. 318–9
3752:Cutlack 1941 pp. 166–7
3548:Powles 1922 pp. 249–50
3455:Cutlack 1941 pp. 165–6
3132:Cutlack 1941 pp. 155–6
2964:Blenkinsop 1925 p. 242
2913:Cutlack 1941 pp. 151–2
2766:Blenkinsop 1925 p. 241
2656:Hamilton 1996 p. 135–6
2297:
2281:
2252:
2235:
2223:
2151:
2113:
2054:
2028:
1989:
1923:
1895:
1877:Fourth Army withdrawal
1852:
1778:
1738:
1699:Auckland Mounted Rifle
1693:
1611:
1610:Otto Liman von Sanders
1584:Preliminary operations
1568:was in force reserve.
1479:
1427:
1382:Otto Liman von Sanders
1355:
1291:
1259:
1229:in February 1918, the
1155:Second Battle of Amman
462:2nd Southern Palestine
445:1st Southern Palestine
269:Anzac Mounted Division
228:Otto Liman von Sanders
192:Commanders and leaders
71:British Empire victory
6816:September 1918 events
6811:1918 in Ottoman Syria
6698:Treaty of St. Germain
6671:Russia–Central Powers
6625:Sykes–Picot Agreement
6453:Pontic Greek genocide
6428:Destruction of Kalisz
6404:Eastern Mediterranean
5965:Polish–Lithuanian War
5747:Armistice of Belgrade
5710:Armistice of Salonica
5640:Operation Faustschlag
5587:Third Battle of Oituz
5509:Baranovichi offensive
5477:Lake Naroch offensive
5451:Battle of Robat Karim
5426:Vistula–Bug offensive
5401:Battles of the Isonzo
5332:First Battle of Ypres
4430:Keogh, Eustace Graham
4017:Powles 1922 pp. 261–2
3951:Downes 1938 pp. 722–3
3863:Powles 1922 pp. 254–5
3705:Powles 1922 pp. 255–6
3652:Downes 1938 pp. 723–4
3557:Hughes 2004 pp. 183–4
3281:Moore 1920 pp. 148–50
3272:Powles 1922 pp. 245–6
2845:Powles 1922 pp. 233–4
2831:Gullett 1919 pp. 25–6
2775:Massey 1920 pp. 155–7
2629:Hughes 2004 pp. 167–8
2620:Powles 1922 pp. 222–3
2522:Christians, and near
2295:
2266:
2250:
2233:
2221:
2149:
2106:
2052:
2017:
2001:Raid on Hejaz railway
1987:
1918:
1893:
1871:the Jordan River gaps
1850:
1775:
1736:
1691:
1609:
1556:, the 38th Battalion
1477:
1425:
1402:alerted the garrisons
1345:
1326:, which included the
1271:
1267:line of communication
1244:
909:Sinai & Palestine
450:Hafir el Auja railway
6911:Transjordan (region)
6693:Treaty of Versailles
6409:Mount Lebanon famine
6324:in the United States
6292:Russian occupations
6006:Turkish–Armenian War
5947:Polish–Ukrainian War
5887:Ukrainian–Soviet War
5834:Central Asian Revolt
5617:Armistice of Focșani
5347:Battle of Sarikamish
5297:Battle of Tannenberg
4693:Military engagements
4005:Moore 1920 pp. 166–7
3818:Wavell 1968 p. 221–2
3809:Woodward 2006 p. 202
3053:Keogh 1955 pp. 241–2
3044:Erickson 2001 p. 196
2931:Maunsell 1926 p. 213
2704:Maunsell 1926 p. 199
2674:Maunsell 1926 p. 212
2365:on 16 September 2012
1905:14th Cavalry Brigade
1867:11th Cavalry Brigade
1644:Mohammed Jemal Pasha
1488:No. 142 Squadron RAF
1324:10th Cavalry Brigade
1183:Desert Mounted Corps
482:Hareira & Sheria
250:Mohammed Jemal Pasha
46:19–25 September 1918
6760:They shall not pass
6683:Treaty of Bucharest
6640:Treaty of Bucharest
6579:USA against Germany
6556:Declarations of war
6260:German occupations
6173:British casualties
6032:Soviet–Georgian War
5959:Egyptian Revolution
5899:Armeno-Georgian War
5763:Somaliland campaign
5715:Armistice of Mudros
5592:Battle of Caporetto
5582:Battle of Mărășești
5552:Zimmermann telegram
5547:February Revolution
5492:Battle of the Somme
5416:Bug-Narew Offensive
5391:Battle of Gallipoli
5383:Sinking of the RMS
5175:Scramble for Africa
5169:Franco-Prussian War
4825:Sinai and Palestine
4038:Kinloch 2007 p. 323
3993:Pugsley 2004 p. 144
3972:Preston 1921 p. 246
3875:Kinloch 2007 p. 318
3827:Moore 1920 pp.160–1
3678:Kinloch 2007 p. 321
3631:Kinloch 2007 p. 316
3622:DiMarco 2008 p. 332
3599:Kinloch 2007 p. 315
3499:Cutlack 1941 p. 166
3371:Cutlack 1941 p. 165
3242:Cutlack 1941 p. 162
3141:Cutlack 1941 p. 158
2976:Pugsley 2004 p. 143
2498:and Christians. At
1602:Yildirim Army Group
1550:20th Indian Brigade
1530:Handley Page bomber
1432:Mediterranean coast
1386:Yildirim Army Group
1223:Battle of Jerusalem
1207:Armistice of Mudros
1111:Yildirim Army Group
1023:North-West Frontier
656:Afulah & Beisan
288:(Jewish Volunteers)
274:20th Indian Brigade
239:Mustafa Kemal Pasha
149:British West Indies
6720:Treaty of Lausanne
6635:Paris Economy Pact
6569:UK against Germany
6499:Entry into the war
6465:Urkun (Kyrgyzstan)
6184:Ottoman casualties
5994:Franco-Turkish War
5874:Post-War conflicts
5858:Russian Revolution
5840:Invasion of Darfur
5805:Kelantan rebellion
5793:Kurdish rebellions
5769:Mexican Revolution
5602:October Revolution
5567:Kerensky offensive
5542:Capture of Baghdad
5519:Monastir offensive
5504:Brusilov offensive
5342:Battle of Kolubara
5181:Russo-Japanese War
4391:Hill, Alec Jeffrey
4188:Bou, Jean (2009).
4047:Powles 1922 p. 256
3963:Downes 1938 p. 723
3933:Powles 1922 p. 255
3797:Powles 1922 p. 254
3788:Powles 1922 p. 253
3687:Wavell 1968 p. 222
3613:Powles 1922 p. 251
3590:Powles 1922 p. 252
3581:Powles 1922 p. 250
3422:Powles 1922 p. 248
3353:Downes 1938 p. 722
3263:Powles 1922 p. 246
3230:Wavell 1968 p. 221
3214:Powles 1922 p. 245
3150:Wavell 1968 p. 220
3085:Gullett 1919 p. 39
3062:Wavell 1968 p. 195
3009:Wavell 1968 p. 199
2895:Downes 1938 p. 721
2854:Powles 1922 p. 231
2810:Wavell 1968 p. 223
2784:Wavell 1968 p. 211
2695:Gullett 1919 p. 32
2638:Hughes 2004 p. 160
2298:
2253:
2236:
2224:
2152:
2114:
2055:
1990:
1935:Capture of Es Salt
1924:
1896:
1853:
1779:
1755:Asia Corps retreat
1739:
1694:
1612:
1589:Lieutenant General
1544:, was held by the
1480:
1428:
1390:Battle of Nazareth
1356:
1338:Ottoman front line
1261:The road from the
1227:Capture of Jericho
1191:Pursuit to Haritan
924:Hejaz & Levant
615:Northern Palestine
424:Southern Palestine
6801:Conflicts in 1918
6786:
6785:
6769:
6768:
6753:The Golden Virgin
6747:Mutilated victory
6728:
6727:
6708:Treaty of Trianon
6703:Treaty of Neuilly
6610:Damascus Protocol
6483:
6482:
6443:Armenian genocide
6400:Allied blockades
6372:Belgian refugees
6155:
6154:
6065:Strategic bombing
6041:
6040:
6026:Franco-Syrian War
6000:Greco-Turkish War
5988:Anglo-Turkish War
5971:Polish–Soviet War
5905:German Revolution
5881:Russian Civil War
5864:Finnish Civil War
5690:Battle of Megiddo
5665:Battle of Goychay
5612:Battle of Cambrai
5572:Battle of Mărăști
5487:Battle of Jutland
5467:Erzurum offensive
5322:Siege of Przemyśl
5302:Siege of Tsingtao
5287:Battle of Galicia
5217:Second Balkan War
5205:Italo-Turkish War
5162:Pre-War conflicts
5148:
5147:
5038:Portuguese Empire
4954:
4953:
4916:German New Guinea
4898:Asian and Pacific
4637:978-1-107-64802-9
4609:978-0-8131-2383-7
4570:978-0-7900-0941-4
4460:978-0-908988-94-5
4421:978-0-7509-3841-9
4342:978-0-203-96456-9
4237:978-0-283-07347-2
4218:978-0-7195-5432-2
4199:978-0-521-19708-3
4026:Moore 1920 p. 142
3845:2nd LHB War Diary
3569:Moore 1920 p. 151
3431:Gullett 1919 p.52
2988:Bruce 2002 p. 235
2798:Keogh 1955 p. 251
2608:Bruce 2002 p. 203
2274:Major C. Hercus,
2082:Allenby wrote to
1524:were to bomb the
1301:, Nablus and the
1197:was occupied and
1179:Mediterranean Sea
1119:Battle of Megiddo
1080:
1079:
948:South West Africa
786:
785:
325:
324:
75:
74:
6918:
6713:Treaty of Sèvres
6605:Treaty of London
6496:
6495:
6274:Northeast France
6205:
6204:
6177:Parliamentarians
6110:
6109:
6072:Chemical weapons
6050:
6049:
5811:Senussi campaign
5781:Muscat rebellion
5775:Maritz rebellion
5743:
5685:Vardar offensive
5514:Battle of Romani
5482:Battle of Asiago
5472:Battle of Verdun
5436:Kosovo offensive
5211:First Balkan War
5159:
5158:
5058:Russian Republic
4967:
4966:
4761:
4760:
4703:Economic history
4670:
4663:
4656:
4647:
4646:
4641:
4613:
4594:
4574:
4555:
4536:
4517:
4500:
4483:
4464:
4445:
4425:
4406:
4386:
4367:
4346:
4327:
4310:
4291:
4274:
4255:
4249:
4241:
4222:
4203:
4184:
4167:
4150:
4138:
4136:
4134:
4129:on 21 March 2011
4114:
4112:
4110:
4105:on 19 April 2012
4090:
4088:
4086:
4081:on 21 March 2011
4057:
4054:
4048:
4045:
4039:
4036:
4027:
4024:
4018:
4015:
4006:
4003:
3994:
3991:
3985:
3982:
3973:
3970:
3964:
3961:
3952:
3949:
3943:
3940:
3934:
3931:
3922:
3919:
3913:
3910:
3901:
3898:
3885:
3882:
3876:
3873:
3864:
3861:
3855:
3852:
3846:
3843:
3837:
3834:
3828:
3825:
3819:
3816:
3810:
3807:
3798:
3795:
3789:
3786:
3777:
3774:
3753:
3750:
3741:
3738:
3732:
3729:
3706:
3703:
3697:
3694:
3688:
3685:
3679:
3676:
3665:
3662:
3653:
3650:
3641:
3638:
3632:
3629:
3623:
3620:
3614:
3611:
3600:
3597:
3591:
3588:
3582:
3579:
3570:
3567:
3558:
3555:
3549:
3546:
3540:
3537:
3524:
3521:
3500:
3497:
3491:
3488:
3465:
3462:
3456:
3453:
3444:
3441:
3432:
3429:
3423:
3420:
3409:
3406:
3393:
3390:
3381:
3378:
3372:
3369:
3363:
3360:
3354:
3351:
3338:
3335:
3329:
3326:
3320:
3317:
3294:
3291:
3282:
3279:
3273:
3270:
3264:
3261:
3252:
3249:
3243:
3240:
3231:
3228:
3215:
3212:
3203:
3200:
3189:
3186:
3169:
3166:
3160:
3157:
3151:
3148:
3142:
3139:
3133:
3130:
3124:
3121:
3100:
3097:
3086:
3083:
3072:
3069:
3063:
3060:
3054:
3051:
3045:
3042:
3033:
3030:
3024:
3021:
3010:
3007:
3001:
2998:
2989:
2986:
2977:
2974:
2965:
2962:
2953:
2950:
2944:
2941:
2932:
2929:
2923:
2920:
2914:
2911:
2905:
2902:
2896:
2893:
2882:
2879:
2873:
2870:
2864:
2861:
2855:
2852:
2846:
2843:
2832:
2829:
2823:
2820:
2811:
2808:
2799:
2796:
2785:
2782:
2776:
2773:
2767:
2764:
2758:
2755:
2749:
2746:
2735:
2732:
2719:
2718:Hill 1978 p. 162
2716:
2705:
2702:
2696:
2693:
2687:
2684:
2675:
2672:
2666:
2663:
2657:
2654:
2648:
2645:
2639:
2636:
2630:
2627:
2621:
2618:
2609:
2606:
2590:
2583:
2577:
2574:
2568:
2561:
2555:
2551:
2545:
2541:
2535:
2476:
2470:
2467:
2461:
2458:
2452:
2449:
2443:
2439:
2433:
2432:in March 1917.
2426:
2420:
2417:
2411:
2408:
2402:
2399:
2393:
2390:
2384:
2381:
2375:
2374:
2372:
2370:
2361:. Archived from
2350:
2344:
2341:
2335:
2332:
2326:
2319:
2279:
2026:
1578:Battle of Nablus
1522:No. 144 Squadron
1514:S.E.5.a aircraft
1484:5th (Corps) Wing
1289:
1257:
1254:Reginald Wingate
1201:was captured by
1175:Battle of Sharon
1115:Battle of Nablus
824:
813:
806:
799:
790:
789:
705:Jisr Benat Yakub
502:Junction Station
363:
361:
351:
344:
337:
328:
327:
248:
247:
237:
236:
226:
225:
214:
213:
203:
202:
184:
182:
181:
172:
170:
169:
159:
158:
157:
147:
146:
145:
135:
133:
132:
122:
120:
119:
112:
108:
106:
105:
93:
91:
90:
40:
39:
23:
22:
6926:
6925:
6921:
6920:
6919:
6917:
6916:
6915:
6791:
6790:
6787:
6782:
6765:
6724:
6656:
6649:
6620:Treaty of Darin
6588:
6550:
6506:Austria-Hungary
6492:
6479:
6460:Rape of Belgium
6387:
6359:
6307:
6301:Western Armenia
6296:Eastern Galicia
6229:
6203:
6167:
6166:Civilian impact
6165:
6151:
6108:
6037:
5869:
5799:Ovambo Uprising
5751:
5737:
5626:
5528:
5455:
5373:Battle of Łomża
5356:
5352:Christmas truce
5327:Race to the Sea
5260:
5222:
5144:
5115:Austria-Hungary
5091:
5026:Empire of Japan
4963:
4961:
4950:
4934:U-boat campaign
4920:
4892:
4854:
4806:
4752:
4733:Popular culture
4679:
4674:
4644:
4638:
4621:
4619:Further reading
4616:
4610:
4571:
4461:
4422:
4343:
4243:
4242:
4238:
4219:
4200:
4141:
4132:
4130:
4117:
4108:
4106:
4093:
4084:
4082:
4069:
4065:
4060:
4055:
4051:
4046:
4042:
4037:
4030:
4025:
4021:
4016:
4009:
4004:
3997:
3992:
3988:
3983:
3976:
3971:
3967:
3962:
3955:
3950:
3946:
3941:
3937:
3932:
3925:
3920:
3916:
3911:
3904:
3899:
3888:
3883:
3879:
3874:
3867:
3862:
3858:
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2127:Qalat el Mafraq
2123:Kalaat ez Zerka
2101:
2076:
2039:
2033:
2027:
2024:
2016:
2003:
1978:
1969:
1937:
1888:
1879:
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1811:
1805:
1800:
1770:
1757:
1744:entering Beisan
1724:6th Light Horse
1686:
1640:
1604:
1586:
1558:Royal Fusiliers
1542:Granville Ryrie
1538:
1472:
1459:
1457:Medical support
1447:Chaytor's Force
1420:
1418:Chaytor's Force
1415:
1404:, to arrive at
1379:
1365:
1340:
1316:
1290:
1287:
1258:
1251:
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1203:Prince Feisal's
1091:Chaytor's Force
1083:
1082:
1081:
1076:
825:
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817:
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782:
597:3rd Transjordan
587:2nd Transjordan
570:1st Transjordan
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286:Royal Fusiliers
263:Chaytor's Force
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6655:Peace treaties
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6104:Trench warfare
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5817:Volta-Bani War
5814:
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5655:Zeebrugge Raid
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5446:Battle of Loos
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5337:Black Sea raid
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5239:Historiography
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5196:
5193:Bosnian Crisis
5190:
5187:Tangier Crisis
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5120:Ottoman Empire
5117:
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5107:
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5099:
5097:Central Powers
5093:
5092:
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5089:
5084:
5083:
5082:
5080:British Empire
5075:United Kingdom
5072:
5067:
5062:
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5060:
5055:
5053:Russian Empire
5045:
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5018:
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4971:Entente Powers
4964:
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4955:
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4949:
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4939:North Atlantic
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4850:Central Arabia
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4812:Middle Eastern
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4713:Historiography
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2883:
2874:
2872:Kinloch, p.321
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2520:Greek Orthodox
2514:district were
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2100:
2097:
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2035:Main article:
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1803:Jisr ed Damieh
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1796:
1769:
1766:
1756:
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1685:
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1664:
1663:
1639:
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1615:of the German
1603:
1600:
1585:
1582:
1537:
1534:
1520:aircraft from
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1458:
1455:
1443:Edward Chaytor
1419:
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1378:
1375:
1364:
1361:
1339:
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1315:
1314:EEF front line
1312:
1303:Jisr ed Damieh
1295:to make a move
1285:
1263:Hedjaz railway
1249:
1235:Edmund Allenby
1218:
1215:
1117:, part of the
1103:Ottoman Empire
1095:British Empire
1093:, part of the
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258:
257:
256:Units involved
253:
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218:
216:Edward Chaytor
205:Edmund Allenby
194:
193:
189:
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174:Ottoman Empire
163:
152:
151:
139:
126:
113:
95:British Empire
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6095:
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6090:
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5852:Kaocen revolt
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4800:
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4783:
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