Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- A Note on Names
- Introduction
- Prologue: To the Border of Palestine
- 1 The Decision to Invade
- 2 Defeat at Gaza
- 3 Defeated Again
- 4 The Wider Context
- 5 The Allenby Effect
- 6 The Third Attempt at Gaza
- 7 The Turkish Lines Broken
- 8 The Drive North
- 9 The Hills of Judaea
- 10 Jerusalem for Chistmas
- 11 Why the British Won
- Appendix: Composition of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force
- Maps
- Notes
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
Appendix: Composition of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- A Note on Names
- Introduction
- Prologue: To the Border of Palestine
- 1 The Decision to Invade
- 2 Defeat at Gaza
- 3 Defeated Again
- 4 The Wider Context
- 5 The Allenby Effect
- 6 The Third Attempt at Gaza
- 7 The Turkish Lines Broken
- 8 The Drive North
- 9 The Hills of Judaea
- 10 Jerusalem for Chistmas
- 11 Why the British Won
- Appendix: Composition of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force
- Maps
- Notes
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Listed here are the units involved in the Palestine campaign. The British also had large forces in Egypt, which provided the necessary logistic and administrative support for the army in the field, and held down Egypt itself.
L MARCH–APRIL 1917: FIRST AND SECOND BATTLES OF GAZA
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
Commander-in Chief: General Sir Archibald Murray
Chief of Staff: Major General Sir A. Lynden-Bell
EASTERN FORCE
General Officer Commanding: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Dobell
Imperial Camel Brigade: 3 battalions
Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Battery
Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade: Mysore Lancers; Hyderabad Lancers; Jodhpur Lancers; Kathiawar Signal Troop
52 (Lowland) Division (Major-General W. E. B. Smith)
155 Brigade: 1/4 and 1/5 Royal Scots Fusiliers; 1/4 and 1/5 King's Own Scottish Borderers
156 Brigade: 1/4 and 1/7 Royal Scots; 1/7 and 1/8 Scottish Rifles
157 Brigade: 1/5, 1/6 and 1/7 Highland Light Infantry; 1/5 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Divisional Troops: Royal Glasgow Yeomanry; 261, 262 and 263 Brigades, Royal Field Artillery
1 Dismounted Brigade: 1/1, 1/3 Scottish Horse; 1/1 Ayr Yeomanry; 1/1 Lanark Yeomanry
54 (East Anglian) Division (Major-General S. W. Hare)
161 Brigade: 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 and 1/7 Essex Regiment
162 Brigade: 1/5 Bedfordshire Regiment; 1/4 Northamptonshire Regiment; 1/10 and 1/11 London Regiments
163 Brigade: 1/4 and 1/5 Norfolk Regiment; 1/5 Suffolk Regiment; 1/8 Hampshire Regiment
74 (Yeomanry) Division (Major-General E. S. Girdwood)
229 Brigade: 16 Devonshire Regiment; 12 Somerset Light Infantry; 14 Royal Highlanders; 12 Royal Scots Fusiliers
DESERT COLUMN (Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode)
Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division (Major-General Sir Harry Chauvel)
1 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 1, 2 and 3 Light Horse Regiments
2 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 5, 6 and 7 Light Horse Regiments
New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade: Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiments
22 Mounted Brigade: 1/1 Lincolnshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Staffordshire Yeomanry; 1/1 East Riding Yeomanry
Divisional Troops: Leicester, Somerset, Inverness and Ayr Batteries, Royal Field Artillery
Imperial Mounted Division (Major-General H. W. Hodgson)
3 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 8, 9 and 10 Light Horse Regiments
4 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 4, 11 and 12 Light Horse Regiments
5 Mounted Brigade: 1/1 Warwickshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Gloucestershire Yeomanry; 1/1 Worcestershire Yeomanry
6 Mounted Brigade: 1/1 Buckinghamshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Berkshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Dorsetshire Yeomanry
Divisional Troops: Notts and Berks Batteries Royal Horse Artillery 53 (Welsh) Division (Major-General A. G. Dallas)
158 Brigade: 1/5, 1/6 and 1/7 Royal Welch Fusiliers; 1/1 Herefordshire Regiment
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- The Battle for Palestine 1917 , pp. 237 - 240Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2006