The Desert Mounted Corps An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria 1917-1918
CHAPTER III
1917 Oct. 27th to Nov. 1st
The first round. The attack on Beersheba. Charge of the 4th A.L.H. Brigade. Capture of the town with 2000 prisoners. Destruction of the wells. First attack on the Gaza defences. German buildings in Beersheba. Arab sheikhs and the Camel Transport Corps 18