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	Third Battle of Gaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Even when the two corps assaulting Beersheba—the XX Corps and Desert Mounted Corps—began open movements on 29 October, the Turks remained convinced this was a minor outflanking movement of one infantry and one mounted division and that the main attack would still fall on Gaza.
		In a combined assault, the infantry of XX Corps would attack the town from the west while the mounted troops of the Desert Mounted Corps would encircle the town and attack from the south, east and north.
		To achieve this, the brigades of the Desert Mounted Corps were required to strike north-west from Beersheba, through the villages of Jemmameh and Huj to the coast, cutting of the retreat of the Turks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza (2427 words)

	AIF units listed
		In January 1918 the battalion was redesignated as XXII Corps Cyclist Battalion and the Australian element was disbanded.
		The XIX Brigade, RHA(TF) was allotted to the Australian Mounted Division and comprised 'A' and 'B' Batteries HAC, and the 1st/1st Nottinghamshire Battery RHA(TF).
		Corps Motor Transport was re-organised to form a headquarters (absorbed HQ 'K' Supply Column and HQ 'K' Ammunition Park) and six motor transport companies, formed from the supply column and ammunition sub-park allotted to each of the five divisions.
	www.militarybadges.info /colourpatch/pages-ww1/units-aif.htm (11730 words)

	The Battle for Beersheba 31st October 1917
		The village of BIR SABA lay on the northern edge of the Sinai Desert in a shallow saucer at the foot of the judean Hills, Beerhseba was protected by Tel El Saba, a 300 metre feature on the northern bank of the Wadi Saba 3 kilometres to the east.
		The Desert Mounted Corps watered at the wells of the patriarchs and in the pool.
		A Squadron 3rd/9th South Australian Mounted Rifles began as the Reedbeds Cavalry in 1841 and is privileged to have inherited the honors, the history and the tradition of the Australian Light Horse.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /histbatt/beersheba.htm (1469 words)

	General Sir Harry Chauvel
		Chauvel commanded A Squadron of the Queensland Mounted Infantry in the Boer War, where he was mentioned in dispatches and was made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG).
		The Desert Column became the Desert Corps, with the Anzac Mounted Division, the Australian Mounted Division, the British Yeomanry Division and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade assigned.
		The Desert Mounted Corps would have a long overnight approach over waterless desert and would have to capture the town quickly with its wells intact or perish from thirst.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Generals/chauvel.html (2734 words)

	Desert Mounted Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Originally formed as the Desert Column in February 1917 under the command of General Sir Philip W. Chetwode, it was expanded to a full corps, commanded by Australian General Henry Chauvel, in August 1917 following the reorganisation of the Allied forces by General Allenby after the failure of the Second Battle of Gaza.
		The DMC was not an Anzac corps -- it contained numerous British and Indian cavalry brigades as well as some French colonial cavalry -- but the Australian and New Zealand units provided the veteran foundation and it was the first army corps to be commanded by an Australian.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desert_Mounted_Corps (189 words)

	The ANZAC Provost Corps in Egypt and Palestine 1916-1918
		The AAG, AIF Egypt, in a letter 133/196 of 28 January 1918, the GOCs of ANZAC Mounted Division, Australian Mounted Division and the Imperial Camel Brigade wrote 'The GOC requests that you impress upon Cos the necessity, in the interests of the AIF, of keeping this unit (ANZAC Provost Corps) a corps d'elite.
		The MP of the ANZAC Mounted Division were divided into five detachments of ten men, under the command of a SGT, and were allocated to Divisional HQ, and to each of the four Brigades, and were under overall command of the Divisional APM.
		The APM of the ANZAC Mounted Division reported on the 21st September 1918, "word was received from Divisional HQ to establish a PW compound at X17C.
	home.iprimus.com.au /buckomp/ANZACProCorpsEgyptPalestine191618Story.htm (1251 words)

	Desert Mounted Corps
		In June Chauvel was given command of the new Desert Mounted Corps (3 Divisions).
		In the re-organisation in the spring of 1918 a fourth Division was added to the Desert Mounted Corps.
		General Chauvel riding at the head of the Desert Mounted Corps during the official entry of the Allied forces into the town.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/lt-horse/desert_mounted_corps.htm (160 words)

	The world's top i anzac corps websites
		The corps was initially commanded by General Alexander Godley and comprised the three "veteran" Anzac divisions — the Australian 1st and 2nd divisions and the newly formed New Zealand Division.
		The corps' divisions were initially manning the defences east of the Suez Canal against the anticipated Turkish invasion of Egypt.
		The corps went into the line south of Armentières;, taking over from the British III Corps which was moving to the British Fourth Army in preparation for the Somme Offensive.
	www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/i_anzac_corps (371 words)

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		Desert Warfare: Being the Chronicle of the Eastern Soudan Campaign.
		Desert Warfare p.2 Marvin, Charles T. The Eye-witnesses' Account of the Disastrous Russian Campaign Against the Akhal Tekke Turcomans: Describing the March Across the Burning Desert, the storming of Dengeel Tbepbe, and the Disastrous Retreat to the Caspian.
		Wilson, Charles W. From Korti to Kartum: A Journal of the Desert March from Korti to Gubat and the Ascent of the Nile in General Gordon's Steamers.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/mil_hist_inst/d/desert.asc (996 words)

	Mounted Corps memorial (also AFC & ALHR)
		It is a replica of the original memorial which stood at Port Said in Egypt depicting a mounted Australian Light-Horseman defending a New Zealander standing beside his wounded horse.
		The original memorial was partly paid for by light horsemen, mounted infantrymen and cameleers who raised £5,000 by subscribing a day's pay towards its cost.
		The Albany suggestion met with opposition from the Desert Mounted Corps Associations who, all except for the 10th Light Horse Association based in Western Australia, wanted the memorial re-erected in Canberra.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-memorials/mounted.htm (366 words)

	WW1 - Middle East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In March 1916 the ANZAC Mounted Division (1st, 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Brigades and New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade) was formed in Egypt under the command of Major General [later Lieutenant-General Sir] Harry G. Chauvel.
		In August the Desert Mounted Corps was formed, consisting of the ANZAC Mounted Division (1st, 2nd Light Horse and New Zealand Brigades), Australian Mounted Division (3rd, 4th Light Horse and 5th Yeomanry Brigades) and the Yeomanry Division.
		Nevertheless, the Corps defeated a determined attack in April by the German Asia Corps at Abu Telluk in the Jordan Valley.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/ww1/overview/mideast.html (323 words)

	ZenithPress.com - Military History > Osprey > Campaign
		His Desert Mounted Corps succeeded in sweeping through the Turkish lines in an a...
		The final preliminary to the invasion of the Japanese mainland was possession of the Ryukyu island group, midway between Formosa and Kyushu, the southernmost island of the Japanese homeland.
		The first battle of the desert war, Operation Compass was originally envisaged as a spoiling attack, combined with a reconnaissance in force to disrupt the Italian forces that had advanced into Egypt...
	www.zenithpress.com /Products_588_Page_4.ncm (644 words)

	Light Horsemen
		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 Brigade; 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 (529 words)

	The National Capital Authority > Visiting > Attractions of National Significance > Anzac Parade > Desert ...
		The Desert Mounted Corps Memorial commemorates all the Australian Mounted Divisions, the Australian Flying Corps and every other Australian and New Zealand unit and formation that served in Egypt, Palestine and Syria from 1916 to 1918.
		The Desert Mounted Corps Memorial is a free-standing, cast bronze figurative sculpture, set on a granite base.
		It depicts a mounted Australian Light Horseman defending a New Zealander who stands beside his wounded horse.
	www.nationalcapital.gov.au /visiting/attractions/anzac_parade/mem_DesertMountedCorps.asp (162 words)

	Palestine Introduction (E) - Allied Field Post Offices
		On 20.03.1917 HQ of the Desert Column is moved to Khan Yunis where it is joined by the HQ of Northern Section on 2.05.1917.
		At the Desert Mounted Corps HQ the postmark used by Desert Column is retained: FPO HM (11.10.1917--16.06.1919)
		After deployment in the Dardanelles the corps is evacuated to Egypt in December 1915 and leaves for France in April 1916.
	www.zobbel.de /stamp/pal_50.htm (3401 words)

	Australia
		The Australian forces that were thus created kept their state identities, for example the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division was a New South Wales unit, whereas 6 Brigade was from Victoria.
		The Australian Flying Corps operated over Mesopotamia and Palestine, and later sent 3 squadrons to the western front - 1 reconaissance and 2 figher squadrons arriving in September 1917.
		Or Sir John Monash, who, with almost no military experience in 1914, rose to command the Australian Corps and was knighted in the field by the King.
	www.members.tripod.com /~Brickie/australia.html (840 words)

	Desert Mounted Corps Memorial - Albany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is a replica of the original memorial which stood at Port Said in Egypt depicting a mounted Australian Light-Horseman defending a New Zealand Mounted Rifleman standing beside his wounded horse.
		The original memorial was partly paid for by light horsemen, mounted infantrymen, cameleers and army nurses who raised £5,400 by subscribing a day's pay towards its cost.
		He said all the Desert Mounted Corps Associations, except the 10th Light Horse Association based in Western Australia, wanted the memorial re-erected in Canberra, that location being more accessible to the majority of potential viewers.
	www.skp.com.au /memorials/pages/60090.htm (1030 words)

	Shaping Memory \| The ANZACs [maquette for Desert Mounted Corps memorial] by George Lambert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The ANZACs [maquette for Desert Mounted Corps memorial] by George Lambert
		In 1917, the painter George Lambert was appointed as an official war artist to record the activities of the Australian Light Horse in Palestine.
		This is the only sculpture in the collection — apart from the dioramas — that explicitly portrays the horrific reality of war, going so far as to show the moment of death in a manner designed to elicit a strong emotional response.
	www.awm.gov.au /shapingmemory/enlarge.asp?cat=2&photo=5 (156 words)

	The Warwickshire Yeomanry
		Moved with Brigade to 2nd Mounted Division in August 1914, and moved with them to Egypt, landing at Alexandria on 24 April 1915.
		Moved with Brigade, which was then redesignated 5th Mounted Brigade, to Imperial Mounted Division in February 1917 (this was redesignated as Australian Mounted Division in June 1917).
		Initially attached to 2/1st Mounted Brigade, which was attached to to 2/2nd Mounted Division in June 1915.
	www.1914-1918.net /CAVALRY/warks.htm (337 words)

	Harry Chauvel
		Chauvel was a professional soldier and rose to command the renowned Desert Mounted Corps during the First World War.
		After having been an officer in a small New South Wales mounted unit, in 1896 Chauvel obtained an appointment in the Queensland Permanent Forces and embarked on a career that would take him to the top rank inGthe Australian army.
		In the 1917 reorganisation of the forces in the Middle East, Chauvel was given command of the Desert Mounted Corps, becoming Australia’s highest ranked soldier.
	www.awm.gov.au /fiftyaustralians/7.asp (346 words)

	Australian Stock Horse
		It is hard to say exactly how they are bred for there have been large importations of mares from Chile and Peru, stallions of the pure Arab breed from India, and also from England and the Cape of Good Hope.
		The hardiness of the Waler made him a natural mount for the cavalry and when the British found themselves undermounted at the time of the Indian Mutiny, the Waler came to the rescue.
		One of the batteries of the Australian Mounted Division had only been able to water its horses three times in the last nine days - the actual intervals being 68, 72 and 76 hours respectively, yet this battery on its arrival had lost only eight horses from exhaustion...
	hiddentrails.com /general/breeds/australian_stock_horse.htm (815 words)

	World War I - Sinai, Palestine and Syria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In August, the Desert Mounted Corps was formed, consisting of the ANZAC Mounted Division (less the 3
		Despite the loss of many experienced troops, the Corps defeated a determined attack by the German Asia Corps at Abu Tellul in April.
		During September, the Corps played an important part in the advance to Haifa and Semakh, entering Damascus on 1 October.
	www.defence.gov.au /army/ahu/history/sinai_palestine_syria.HTM (257 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Third Battle of Gaza, 1917
		Next he amassed reinforcements of men, artillery, gas shells and tanks, adamant that he would not proceed until certain of victory.
		Seven infantry divisions plus a Light Horse unit (nicknamed the Desert Mounted Corps and consisting of both horses and camels) were assembled, a total of 88,000 men.
		Both earlier attacks at Gaza had to some extent foundered on account of water shortages - an ever-present concern in desert warfare - and Allenby understood that establishing command of water supplies would be a key factor in his wider plan of capturing Jerusalem.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/gaza3.htm (694 words)

	General Harry Chauvel of the Australian Light Horse (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Chauvel commanded A Squadron of the Queensland Mounted Infantry in the Boer War, where he was Mentioned in Despatches and was made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG).
		In April 1917 he succeeded Sir Philip Chetwode to the command of the whole Desert Column, later the Desert Army Mounted Corps, thought to be the largest body of cavalry ever to serve under one leader.
		Once again the battle went right down to the line, but the mission was accomplished, albeit not without a wild mounted bayonet charge by the 4th Light Horse Brigade -- perhaps the last of history's great mounted charges -- to capture the town and its vital water supply.
	www.diggerhistory.info.cob-web.org:8888 /pages-heroes/chauvel.htm (2920 words)

	SciForums.com - The Australian Light Horse
		It left an incredible legacy to all Australians as the word ANZAC (Australian New Zealand Army Corp) is now a symbol of the Australian character tough, just, self sacrifice, honour, humor in the face of adversity and foremost, sticking by your mates when your backs are against the wall.
		I actually met as a boy a man who was in the charge and have a photo of the men taken as a lead scout turned in his saddle and snapped a photo of the ranks behind him.
		The Australian mounted infantry achieved a feat unheard of in modern military warfare.
	www.sciforums.com /printthread.php?t=9595 (3455 words)

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