The Desert Mounted Corps

roops made a direct advance of seventy miles into enemy territory, and captured some 17,000 prisoners and about 120 guns. The final operations resulted in an advance of 450 miles, the complete

ting, while denied much of the interest and excitement of the long pursuits that fell to the lot of the cavalry. In both the main series of o

in, culminating in the capture of Jerusalem; secondly, the operations in the Jordan Valley, and east of the river Jordan; and thirdly, the final series, r

British, French, and Germans, they generally fought well against our infantry, attacking with vigour, and defending their entrenched positions most

al. In the latter part of the campaign, however, their morale had deteriorated considerably, their physique was greatly undermined by disease, and there were few old soldiers left, nearly all having been killed or captured, or died of disease.

rs, which spread downwards to the ranks of both nations. The hectoring stupidity of the Prussian was nowhere better exemplified than in his treatment of his Turkish Allies. German officers openly and co

avy aerial attack. As regards the first, there was, I believe, no instance in the campaign when they fought on to

r bad rifle shooting. While our troops were good enough shots to pick off Turkish soldiers showing their heads above rocks and trenches, the Turks, as a rule, could only hit our men when standing up durin

rtion of machine guns than we were. Their machine-gun companies, which were largely staffed by G

d inaccurate, but the heavy artillery, manned by

ould be borne in mind in estimati

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d done at the beginning. These risks were fully justified by the very complete knowledge of

is, the only instance in modern war of cavalry operating on a large scale. It demonstrated once more the soundness of the principles la

in conjunction with cavalry was very clearly brou

ollege Camberley, for very kindly reading the manuscript, and for many valuable suggestions and corrections. Also t

ive as accurate as possible, but, if any who read it notice inaccuracies, I shall be very grateful if they will point them out to me. I have also to thank those who have allowed me to use photographs taken by them as illust

mmander of the Desert Mounted Corps throughout the campaign, for his help and encou