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	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Anzac Mounted Division (originally the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division) was also formed at this time and contained the three Australian light horse brigades as well as the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.
		The division fought as mounted infantry throughout the Middle East, including Egypt, the Sinai (Romani, Magdhaba and Rafa) and Palestine (First and Second battles of Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jericho, Es Salt, Megiddo and Amman) and Syria.
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of engagements during the Battle of the Somme (1916) while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres, 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated as a whole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ANZAC (695 words)

	Australian 5th Division (World War I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The three Australian divisions of I Anzac, which had been acclimatising on the quiet sector near Armentières, had been dispatched to the Somme as reinforcements and so the 5th Division took their place at Armentières on July 12.
		III Corps was lent the 15th Brigade and the 13th Brigade (from the Australian 4th Division) to mount a counter-attack.
		The 5th Division was relieved by the 2nd Division and, when on October 5 the Australian Corps handed over its line to the U.S. II Corps, the division was withdrawn to the coast for a rest that would last until the end of the war.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Australian_5th_Division_(World_War_I).htm (1721 words)

	The ANZAC Acronym [Australian War Memorial]
		ANZAC is the acronym formed from the initial letters of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the formation into which Australian and New Zealand soldiers were grouped in Egypt prior to the landing at Gallipoli in April 1915.
		These formations, I ANZAC Corps comprising three Australian divisions and II ANZAC Corps made up of the 4th and 5th Australian divisions and the New Zealand Division, were transferred to France and fought on the Western Front until 1917, when the five Australian formations were grouped into a single Australian Corps.
		In the Second World War, a new ANZAC was formed during the short Greek campaign of April 1941 when the 6th Australian Division and the New Zealand Division were joined under command of the headquarters of I Australian Corps (redesignated as ANZAC Corps).
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/anzac/acronym/index.htm (401 words)

	First Battle of Gaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The main assault would be carried out by the 53rd Division, under the command of Major General A.G. Dallas, with the support of one brigade (the 161st Brigade) of the 54th Division.
		The two mounted divisions and the camel brigade would provide screens on the flanks; the Anzac Mounted Division would surround Gaza to the east and north while the Imperial Mounted Division and camel brigade were positioned on the eastern flank to hold off Turkish reinforcements from elsewhere in the Gaza-Beersheba line.
		The British decision to withdraw was motivated by the failing light, mounting casualties amongst the infantry and reports that Turkish reinforcements, estimated in excess of 10,000 strong, were approaching from the north and east.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/First_Battle_of_Gaza (1698 words)

	Desert Mounted Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Desert Mounted Corps was a World War I Allied army corps that operated in the Middle East (Sinai and Palestine) during 1917 and 1918.
		The DMC was not an Anzac corps -- it contained numerous British and India n cavalry brigades as well as some French colonial cavalry -- but the Australia n and New Zealand units provided the veteran foundation and it was the first army corps to be commanded by an Australian.
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Desert_Mounted_Corps.html (557 words)

	Australian Military Units
		The Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division was formed in Egypt in March 1916 and Major General Harry Chauvel was appointed to its command.
		The division was composed of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.
		In early 1917, the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade was withdrawn from the division.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13621.asp (59 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Edward Chaytor
		Chaytor's division was then involved in fighting in the hills to the north of Beersheba, and it was not until the 7.11.1917 that Turkish resistance was broken.
		Chaytor's division was used in operations against Jericho and the Jordan beginning on 19.2.1918, and was involved in the capture of Jericho on the 21st.
		Positioned in the Jordan Valley, the Anzac Mounted Division was involved in protecting the right flank of the E.E.F. On 9.4.1918 they were in action against Turkish forces on the east bank of the Jordan, and then had to put up a stout defence against counter-attacks.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/chaytor.htm (1845 words)

	australian mounted division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Australian Mounted Division was a mounted infantry (light horse) division formed in Egypt during World War I.
		During the First Battle of Gaza, the division (as the Imperial Mounted Division) provided protection from counter-attack on the eastern flank while the main infantry assault was underway.
		In mid-1918 the British 5th Mounted Brigade was detached and the Australian 5th Light Horse Brigade (containing the 14th and 15th Light Horse Regiments as well as a French cavalry regiment) joined the division.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Australian_Mounted_Division.html (267 words)

	Battle of Romani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the time of the battle, his available forces comprised two British infantry divisions (the 42nd Division and the 52nd (Lowland) Division) and the Anzac Mounted Division, under General H.G. Chauvel, containing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the 5th Mounted Brigade (British Yeomanry).
		In July, 1916, the commander of the northern sector of the canal defences, General Sir H.A. Lawrence, had the 52nd Division entrenched on the eastern edge of the Romani sand hills and was using the mounted brigades to patrol the oasis to the east.
		The Turks at Mount Royston were checked to the north by the 3rd and 6th Light Horse Regiments, under constant bombardment from the horse artillery and the heavy artillery of the 52nd Division and when Chaytor's force attacked from the west, they surrendered on mass, around 6pm on August 4.
	hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Battle_of_Romani (1082 words)

	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps : Anzac
		ANZAC (abbreviation for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) first referred to a body of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in the Middle East and on the Western Front.
		The Anzac Mounted Division (originally the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division) fought as cavalry throughout the Middle East, including Egypt, the Sinai (Romani, Magdhaba and Rafah) and Palestine (First, Second and Third Battle of Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jericho, Es Salt, Megiddo and Amman).
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of the Battles of the Somme, July to November, 1916, while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres[?], 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated.
	www.fastload.org /an/Anzac.html (544 words)

	Anzac Mounted Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Anzac Mounted Division was a mounted infantry (lighthorse) division formed in March 1916 in Egypt during World War I following the Battle ofGallipoli when the Australian and New Zealand mounted regiments returned from fighting as infantry.For the remainder of the war it served in the Middle East, in the Sinai, Palestine and Syria.
		The title Anzac indicated its composite Australian and New Zealand nature andas such was possibly the first official use of this term for this purpose, rather than as a designation for an army corps.
		During 1917 the British22nd Mounted (Yeomanry) Brigade was attached to the division.
	www.therfcc.org /anzac-mounted-division-197631.html (189 words)

	Third Battle of Gaza - MindSharer Article Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While some of the infantry divisions were raw and inexperienced (such as the 60th Division which was a 2nd-line Territorial Force unit), the mounted divisions were battle-hardened and confident.
		The advance of the Anzac Mounted Division was held up at the Tel el Saba redoubt—by the time it was captured the attack was running many hours behind schedule and the possibility of launching the combined infantry and mounted assault on the town before nightfall looked slim.
		The Anzac Mounted Division, advancing to the east against Jemmameh, had less success and did not manage to capture their objective until November 9 when it was reached by the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
	articles.mindsharer.com /html/Third_Battle_of_Gaza (2392 words)

	ANZAC
		Whatever its origin, the acronym ANZAC became famous with the landing of the Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula at the Dardanelles, on 25 April 1915.
		I and II ANZAC Corps fought in France and the ANZAC Mounted Division fought in Palestine.
		ANZAC was again a reality during the Vietnam conflict where, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an ANZAC battalion served in Phuoc Tuy Province.
	www.anzacday.org.au /education/tff/anzac.html (528 words)

	The Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In June 1917, the various mounted Brigades already in the Egyptian theatre were strengthened by the addition of units which had been in Salonika.
		The Division was heavily engaged in Egypt and Palestine, from the early probing away from the Suez Canal zone, across the Sinai desert and eventually at the Battles of Gaza and the victorious advance to Jerusalem and into Syria.
		In February 1917, the Brigade joined to ANZAC Mounted Division, and in June 1917 moved to the the Yeomanry Mounted Division.
	www.1914-1918.net /CAVALRY/anzac_mtddiv.htm (376 words)

	anzac mounted division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Anzac Mounted Division was a mounted infantry (light horse) division formed in March 1916 in Egypt during World War I following the Battle of Gallipoli when the Australian and New Zealand mounted regiments returned from fighting as infantry.
		For the remainder of the war it served in the Middle East, in the Sinai, Palestine and Syria.
		The title Anzac indicated its composite Australian and New Zealand nature and as such was possibly the first official use of this term for this purpose, rather than as a designation for an army corps.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /anzac_mounted_division.html (250 words)

	Second Battle of Gaza
		At 7.15 am on April 19, the 53rd Division advanced on the extreme left (west) of the front, aiming for the sand dunes between Gaza and the Mediterranean shore.
		This was followed shortly after by the 52nd Division (155th and 156th Brigades) attacking in the centre against Gaza and Ali Muntar and the 54th Division (161st and 162nd Brigades) attacking on the right between Gaza and the "Tank" Redoubt.
		However, one tank operating to the right of the 54th Division on the front facing a strong redoubt that was to become known as "Tank" Redoubt, did enable the infantry to make their most significant gain of the battle.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/Second_Battle_of_Gaza (1991 words)

	Anzac Mounted Division
		The Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division was formed in Egypt in March 1916 from the four Australian and New Zealand mounted brigades assigned to ANZAC.
		Even before the division had finished forming, the 1st Light Horse Brigade was sent to the Western Desert to fight the Senussi while the rest of the division moved to the Suez Canal, relieving the 1st Division, which moved to the Western Front.
		An attempt by the Turks to attack the Suez Canal in August 1916 resulted in it being intercepted and defeated by the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division in the Battle of Romani.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Anzac_Mounted_Division.html (580 words)

	The Anzacs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ANZAC is the acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the formation created in December 1914 by grouping the Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force stationed in Egypt under the command of Lieutenant-General William Birdwood.
		The small cove where Australian and New Zealand troops landed was quickly designated 'Anzac', and the word was soon being used to describe all Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought on the peninsula, and eventually any Australian or New Zealand soldier.
		Anzac continues to denote a distinctive nationalistic spirit of sacrifice and courage.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/Anzac/ANZACes.htm (374 words)

	Battle of Rafa - Linix Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was the third and final major battle mounted by the British to drive the Turkish forces from the Sinai.
		In December 1916 Australian and New Zealand mounted troops reached El Arish in the eastern Sinai and captured the garrison at Magdhaba, a short distance inland.
		So on the evening of January 8, 1917 the Anzac Mounted Division, under the command of General Chauvel rode out of El Arish towards Rafa where a 2,000-strong Turkish garrison was based.
	web.linix.ca /pedia/index.php/Battle_of_Rafa (1025 words)

	Chapter 6
		With the Anzac Mounted Division and the other advanced troops of the Eastern Force, the camels became part of the Desert Column, formed on 22 November 1916.
		Three British mounted brigades were now available and Chetwode proposed that they be grouped with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade to form a new mounted division, the New Zealanders' place in the Anzac Mounted Division being taken by the 4th Light Horse Brigade.
		On 8 July the field squadrons of the Anzac and Australian Mounted Divisions were renamed the 1st and 2nd Field Squadrons and the signal squadrons, the 1st and 2nd Signal Squadrons.
	www.adfa.oz.au /~rmallett/Thesis/Chapter6.html (10566 words)

	Light Horsemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1916 March -- in Egypt the ANZAC Mounted Division is formed from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Brigades and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigad; commanded by Major General Harry G. Chauvel.
		Australian Lieutenant General H.G. Chauvel of the Desert Mounted Column commanded the undertaking.
		1917 August -- the Desert Mounted Corps forms from the ANZAC Mounted Division (minus the 3rd Light Horse), the Australian Mounted Division (3rd and 4th Light Horse and 5th Yeomanry Brigades) and the Yeomanry Division.
	www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/lthorse.html (418 words)

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