CHAPTER XXVI

Transport and Ammunition Supply 322

APPENDIX I: (_a_) The Desert Mounted Corps 331

(_b_) Infantry 335

APPENDIX II: Note on the Arab Movement 337

APPENDIX III: Terms of Turkish Armistice 342

ILLUSTRATIONS

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR H.G. CHAUVEL, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. _Frontispiece_

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WATER AT ESANI 20

COUNTRY NEAR BEERSHEBA 20

BEERSHEBA 36

BEERSHEBA FIRST TRAIN 36

TURKISH CAVALRY 48

TURKISH MACHINE GUNS 48

AFTER THE CHARGE AT HUJ 76

MARCHING OVER PHILISTINE PLAIN 76

VON FALKENHAYN 108

AUSTRIAN HOWITZER 108

R.H.A. IN ACTION IN MOUNTAINS 120

READING BRITISH PROCLAMATION IN JERUSALEM 120

MOSQUE AT GAZA 124

GERMAN MOTOR BOAT 152

GRAIN FROM MOAB 152

RIVER JORDAN 176

SHUNET NIMRIN 176

MOTOR LORRIES 'BEFORE' 212

MOTOR LORRIES 'AFTER' 212

GERMAN AIRCRAFT 228

IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY 228

NAZARETH 252

TIBERIAS 252

R.H.A. FORDING RIVER JORDAN 270

BARADA GORGE, DAMASCUS 270

FEISAL'S HEADQUARTERS AT DAMASCUS 278

TRIPOLI 278

ALEPPO 288

ARABS AND FEISAL'S SOLDIERS 288

RIVER EUPHRATES 296

AINTAB 296

INSCRIPTION AT DOG RIVER 302

LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS.

KEY MAP 327

_Folding out._

MAP A 122

" B 246

" C 280

" D 294

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DIAGRAM 1 18

" 2 46

" 3 80

" 4 86

" 5 170

" 6 222

" 7 236

THE DESERT MOUNTED CORPS

AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAVALRY OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA, 1917-1918