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	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 (183 words)

	Second Battle of Gaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		To their right were the two Australian battalions (1st and 3rd) of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade who had dismounted about 4,000 yards from their objective.
		About 30 "Camels" and 20 of the British infantry reached the redoubt, then occupied by around 600 Turks who, perhaps terrified by the arrival of the tank, broke and fled towards their second line of defences to the rear.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Battle_of_Gaza (1979 words)

	Battle of Magdhaba (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The assault on Magdhaba was made by the 1st and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade supported by three batteries of horse artillery.
		However, a combined bayonet charge on the critical Redoubt No. 2 by the camel brigade and the 3rd regiment of the 1st Light Horse Brigade, which in the relative cover of the wadi was able to close to within 100 yards of the defences, resulted in the capture of the position.
		The camel brigade and 3rd light horse continued across the wadi to capture Redoubt No. 1, where the Turkish commander, Khadir Bey, was also captured.
	encyclopedia.jigyasa.in /wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_magdhaba.html (854 words)

	australian army (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 4th Brigade was joined with the sole New Zealand infantry brigade to form the New Zealand and Australian Division.
		The 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions, combined as I Anzac Corps, fought the Battle of Poziéres; and subsequent Battle of Mouquet Farm, part of the Battle of the Somme.
		In preparation for the British counter-offensive, the newly formed Australian Corps commanded by General John Monash, carried out the Battle of Hamel, widely regarded as the finest set-piece battle of the war on the Western Front.
	yourencyclopedia.net /australian_army.html (2677 words)

	Battle of Rafa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The attacking force comprised the Australian 1st and 3rd Light Horse Brigades, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, the British 5th (Yeomanry) Brigade and three battalions of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.
		The light horse and camel brigade approached from the east and south.
		The 3rd Light Horse and 5th (Yeomanry) Brigades were initially held in reserve but were quickly sent to join the attack such that by 11 am a ring of infantry was advancing on the Turkish position.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battle-of-Rafa.htm (1043 words)

	Imperial Camel Corps: Australian War Memorial
		The Imperial Camel Corps (ICC) was formed in January 1916 in order to deal with the revolt of pro-Turkish Senussi tribesmen in Egypt’s Western Desert.
		The men of the ICC had a rough reputation, largely because when the Corps was originally formed Australian battalion commanders had seized upon it as an opportunity to offload some of their more difficult characters.
		The hill became known as the “Camel’s Hump”.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13624.asp (433 words)

	Re: IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS
		Imperial Camel Corps in Wadi Rum, August 1918.
		Ref 169.Imperial Camel Corps watering camels in Wadi Rum, August 1918.
		Imperial Camel Corps, Imperial Yeomanry, Infantry[not a corps], The Inns of Court Regiment, The...
	genforum.genealogy.com /wwi/messages/1724.html (1604 words)

	General Sir Harry Chauvel
		The deliberate mixing of Australian and Imperial troops was done with Chauvel's approval but was contrary to the policy of the Australian Government, which soon registered its displeasure, sending Brigadier General R.
		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.
		Its Yeomanry brigade was disbanded and Chauvel replaced it with a new 5th Light Horse Brigade formed from the Australian and New Zealand components of the now disbanded Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, and a French cavalry regiment.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Generals/chauvel.html (2734 words)

	Patches of HQ AIF, the AFC, Light Horse & others
		Raised on 1.7.1918 from Australian and New Zealand components of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade and was allotted to the Australian Mounted Division.
		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).
	www.militarybadges.info /colourpatch/pages-ww1/aif01.htm (5046 words)

	Articles - First Battle of Gaza (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		Brigadier General Ryrie of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade was so incensed by the order to withdraw that he enforced his right to receive it in writing.
		Both Dobell and his superior, General Murray, portrayed the battle as a success in their reports to the British War Office and excused the withdrawal by claiming the approaching Turkish reinforcements were a threat and that the horses of the mounted troops had not been watered all day.
	www.winacea.com /articles/First_Battle_of_Gaza (1640 words)

	National Army Museum : Exhibitions : Changing the World
		Camels have also been used to carry troops at times and, having the advantages of speed and manoeuvrability, they were ideal for surprise attack.
		In 1915 the Camel Brigade (later the Imperial Camel Corps), made up of British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand troops, was raised for action in the Middle East.
		Despite their advantages in desert conditions, camels are often difficult to handle, with bad breath and a tendency to bite.
	www.national-army-museum.ac.uk /exhibitions/shortVisits/animals/page12.shtml (268 words)

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		The 7th Mounted Brigade was attached to Desert Corps, as was also the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, formed of yeomen and Australians who had volunteered from their regiments for work as camelry.
		In fighting men and labour corps, in animals and the machinery of war, this Army was vastly larger and more important, and the method by which it was brought to Palestine and was supplied, and the low sick rate, constitute a tribute to the master minds of the organisers.
		The 7th Mounted Brigade was held up for some time in the afternoon by a flanking fire from Ras Ghannam, south of Beersheba, but this was silenced in time to enable the brigade to assist in the occupation of Beersheba at nightfall.
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	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Australian division to see action on the Western Front was the 5th Division which was thrown unprepared into the futile Battle of Fromelles, a "diversion" to the Battle of the Somme that cost the division 5,500 casualties for no gain.
		In preparation for the British counter-offensive, the newly formed Australian Corps commanded by General John Monash, fought the Battle of Hamel, widely regarded as the finest set-piece strategy of the war on the Western Front.
		The final Allied offensive began with the Battle of Amiens on August 8, and the Australian divisions, along with the Canadian Corps, spearheaded the advance south of the Somme.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Australian_Army (3020 words)

	Camel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The organisation of the Imperial Camel Brigade, 1916-1918.
		The 1st Brigade, Imperial Camel Corps--more commonly known as the Imperial Camel Brigade--was raised on 13 December 1916 under the...
		The Imperial Camel Brigade bad its baptism of fire as a brigade formation...
	dutch.dictionary.cx /Camel (239 words)

	First Battle of Gaza
		The estimated Turkish strength in Gaza was 4,000 with a further 11,000 troops in the vicinity.
		The assault on Gaza was to be a swift attack with all units, including artillery, advancing during the night which involved crossing the deep Wady Ghuzze.
		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.datamass.net /fi/first-battle-of-gaza.html (1633 words)

	Major Oliver 'Trooper Bluegum' Hogue
		The 2nd Light Horse Brigade landed at Gallipoli and was attached to the 1st Australian Division.
		The 4th Camel Regiment was broken up to form the 17th and 18th Company, 4th Anzac Battalion, Camel Corps.
		On the disbandment of the Camel Corps Hogue was promoted to temporary major and officer commanding A squadron, 14th Light Horse Brigade.
	www.awm.gov.au /people/timeLine_216.asp (141 words)

	Battle_of_Magdhaba (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In October 1916 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Dobell was appointed to the command of the "Eastern Force", responsible for all British operations in the Sinai.
		General Sir Philip Chetwode was made commander of the "Desert Column" which contained all mounted (horse and camel) brigades.
		Magdhaba represented the first significant battle of the campaign by mounted troops waged at a distance from base, 23 miles from an assured supply of water.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Battle_of_Magdhaba (856 words)

	Camel Corps [UK]
		Australian companies reorganised as 5th Light Horse Brigade, and the NZ companies as its MG Squadron; British companies retained as camel corps
		Sand, sweat and camels : the Australian companies of the Imperial Camel Corps.
		The dinkum oil of Light Horse and Camel Corps.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/cav/camel.htm (424 words)

	Bidford-on-Avon WW1 Memorial
		Whitmore's battalion was a member of the 88th brigade 29th division, Whitmore died at sea when the troopship he was embarked on 'RMS Royal Edward' was tropedoed and sunk in the Aegean by UB14 13th Aug 1915.
		Alberts Battalion 1st Bham South Midlands division, were at the heart of the battle on the Somme in the summer of 1916 until Nov 16.The battalion was involved in the Battle of Guillemont on the Somme.
		This brigade took up the assault on September 4, when the 16th Royal Warwickshire, in support of the Norfolks, at last managed to dig in close to the German trenches.
	www.bidfordwarmemorial.co.uk (1215 words)

	The Imperial Camel Corps
		It consisted of 4 battalions (which made up a Brigade commanded by Brigadier General C L Smith VC), each made up of 4 companies (each with a complement of 6 officers and 169 other ranks).
		The Imperial Camel Corps had a mounted infantry role; the camels provided mobility although it was intended that the troops should go into action dismounted (camel and rider were regarded as a selfcontained unit for up to five days).
		The Imperial Camel Corps Memorial (a camelier mounted on a camel) sculpted by Major Cecil Brown was unveiled in 1921 in the Victoria Embankment Gardens in London.
	www.1914-1918.net /camel.htm (259 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The camel, which was not the easiest of animals to handle, was not used as a desert cavalry beast.
		It was primarily a form of transport to carry water for the soldiers, and could itself do without water for four or five days, which greatly increased the soldiers' range of operation and their ability to survive.
		The Imperial Camel Corps was involved in a number of actions, including the Battles of Gaza and Beersheba (October 1917).
	www.bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist9_prog12b.shtml (612 words)

	Sabretache: The organisation of the Imperial Camel Brigade, 1916-1918.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1st Brigade, Imperial Camel Corps--more commonly known as the Imperial Camel Brigade--was raised on 13 December 1916 under the command of Brigadier General Clement Leslie Smith VC MC (1).
		The Brigade concentrated at Mazar on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula on 19 December; and on the following day advanced to El Arish where it was attached to the Anzac Mounted Division.
		The Imperial Camel Brigade bad its baptism of fire as a brigade formation at the Battle of Magdhaba on 23 December 1916--only four days after being concentrated and l0 days after being raised.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:112355099&refid=holomed_1 (220 words)

	Re: XX Corps & Yeomanry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As for the Yeomanry - it depends which one unit you refer to - generally Yeomanry were mounted units, riding horses (or camels) and armed with a gun, a few of the British units were armed with a sword too.
		infantry and between Beersheba and the coast the Yeomanry Division, comprising mounted yeomanry brigades, similar to the ALH Brigades.
		Note that the ALH numbers above refer to Brigades not Regiments.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /LighthorseDiscussionBoard/_disc1/00000849.htm (135 words)

	On this day - 19 December (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All 18 companies of the Imperial Camel Corps were formed into a single brigade.
		However the Corps campaigned well and the Australians became highly regarded for their skill and courage.
		The brigade was given a well earned respite to 1 Jan 1951.
	www.defence.gov.au /Army/ahu/On_This_Day/December/19_December.htm (475 words)

	On this day - 6 November
		At Tel el Khuweilfe, Palestine, the 3rd (Australian) Battalion of the Imperial Camel Corps, in concert with 158 UK Brigade attacked entrenched Turks.
		The only method of entry into the Aust Staff Corps was via RMC Duntroon, regular soldiers were allotted to the Australian Instructional Corps, formed in Apr 1921.
		This was the first brigade size move through jungle conducted by any Allied troops in World War 2.
	www.army.gov.au /ahu/On_This_Day/November/6_November.htm (383 words)

	15th NRL
		The Camel Corps were trained as light horse, or mounted infantry.
		The Camel Corps served well in the open desert in particular where water supply was a problem, however, as Allied forces advanced into the hilly country north of Jerusalem in 1918, the horse came into its own.
		The Australian Battalions of the Imperial Camel Brigade were disbanded, and the British battalions sent to patron the Hejaz railway.
	www.lancers.org.au /site/15th_Light_Horse.asp (636 words)

	Light Horse
		Forewarned, Turkish scouts raced their camels back to Beersheba to report the advance.
		Meanwhile the 12th Brigade broke through a wide breach in the Turkish lines and galloped towards Beersheba.
		Part of the 3rd MG Squadron (attached to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, ANZAC Mounted Division) and part of 4th MG Squadron (attached to 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade, Australian Mounted Division) comprised Victorians.
	www.diggerz.org /users/anzacs/palestine.htm (1228 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One giant camel, the Red Ghost, was said to roam the Arizona...
		Camel tries to smoke out new customers; marketers try to build brand loyalty while they still can.
		The wild camel is the largest grazer of central Asia's...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=SS&search_newspapers=on&search_magazines=on&q=camel&refid=ency_botnm (653 words)

	Desert Mounted Corps Memorial - Albany (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More commonly known as the Light Horse Memorial, this memorial commemorates the men of the Australian Light Horse Brigade as well as the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, the Imperial Camel Corps and the Australian Flying Corps who lost their lives in Egypt, Palestine and Syria between 1916 and 1918.
		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.
		However, a decision was made by the Minister for the Interior, Gordon Freeth, who also represented Albany in Parliament, to proceed and the re-created memorial on its original base was unveiled in Albany on 11 October 1964, by the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies.
	www.skp.com.au /memorials/pages/60090.htm (1031 words)

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