The Desert Mounted Corps An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria 1917-1918

CHAPTER VI

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Nov. 10th to Nov. 12th

The Cavalry Corps in line from the railway to the sea. Difficulties of supply. Withdrawal of all but two infantry divisions. Great heat and lack of water causes a slackening of the pursuit. Anzac Division seizes the Esdud bridge. Stiffening of the enemy resistance. The action of Balin 61