Chapter 12

Abasan el Kebir,12.Abdullah, Emir,339.Abid Miriam,177.Abraham's Well,41.Abu el Teaha,3.—— Jerwal,32.—— Shusheh (Plain of Philistia)85,89.—— —— (Plain of Esdraelon),200,206.—— Tellul,178.—— —— Action of,181,185.—— el Hareira,3.Acre, capture of,232.Adana,295.Administration of Enemy Territory.See Enemy Territory.Advance Guards,252-257,267-269,285-289.—— —— Artillery with,305,306.Afghanistan,2.Afule,4,191,192.—— capture of,210.Ain Arik,105.—— el Duk,177,180.—— el Hekr,137.—— el Sir,135,241.—— el Subian,222.—— Hemar,159.—— Kohleh,38.—— Shibleh,193,222.Aintab,295,301.Aircraft, British,xv,15,188,197,198,204.—— —— superiority of,6,261.—— —— co-operation with cavalry,285,286.—— —— bombing operations,198,216,218,222,226.—— Enemy,6,9,15,174,210,216,261,288.Ajalon, Vale of,89,102.Ajje,199,219.Akaba,129,340.Akir,79,84.Ak Su Lakes,301.Aleppo,4,282,295.—— advance on,287,288,289.—— capture of,290.—— riots in,297.'Aleppo Hunt,'301.Alexandretta,295.Ali, Emir,339.Allenby, Field-Marshal Viscount,1,7,247.—— —— tactics of, xiv, xv,20,39,194.—— —— success in deceiving enemy,5,17,195.—— —— good judgment of,39,76.—— —— meeting with General Chauvel,225.Amman,5,126,132.—— unsuccessful attacks on,143,145,147-149.—— capture of,241.Ammunition—Captured enemy,56,85.Columns,46,48,63,96,328,329,330.Gun,328,329,330.Loads of, for wagons,329,330.Replenishment of,46,330.Sent up to El Salt,166,167.Small arm,328,329,330.Supply,328,329,330.Amwas,88,102.Anatolians,68.Anebta,220.Ansarie,289.Anthrax,320.Anti-Lebanon Mountains,296.Antioch,282.Anzac Mounted Division,7,8,24,38,40,45,122,127,133,155,175,179,190,241,302,App. I.a.A.P.M., adventure of the,97-99.Arab Movement.Appendix II.Arab ponies. SeeHorses.Arab Punar,295.Arabs—Beni Sakhr Tribe,155,156,165,244,245.Butchered by Turks,264.Character of,130,280.Christian,98,144.Friendly,37,145.Guides,23,206.Hostile to British,15,35,150,244,245.Hostile to Turks,212,240,243,244,245,275,280.Huweitat Tribe,130.Intertribal feuds among,130,144,338.Looting by,211,243,280,281.Regular army of. SeeSherifian Army.Spies,5,119.Unreliable information of,104,135,206,259,260.Vengeance of,265.Ardahan,263.Arak el Menshiye,59,61,62,74.—— Suweidan,60.Arara,205.Arish,16.Arkub el Khaluf,165.Armageddon,191.Armenians, character of,299.—— attempt to massacre,297.Armenian refugees,296.—— Reparations Committee,297,298.Armistice,293.—— terms of,342.Armoured cars,xv,85,109,160,195,204,205,208,209,211,220,226,232,249,267,284.—— —— in advance on Aleppo,285-292.—— —— Enemy,288.Arsuf,191.Artillery, Royal Horse.See Horse Artillery.—— —— —— loss of.See Guns loss of.—— shortage of,179,190.—— Enemy field,xiv,26,186.—— —— heavy,xiv,9,45,186,187,188.—— —— shelling own troops,60,66,183.Asluj,7.Atawineh,3.Attara,109.Auja,4.Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division. SeeAnzac Mounted Division.Australian Light Horse Brigades—1st,7,8,24,45,51,59,65,69,71,128,136,154,157,165,174,181,229,240,243.2nd,7,8,24,45,51,59,137,154,157,165,228,229,241,242.3rd,7,8,21,26,52,72,102,115,117,157,165,213,249,259,267,277,279.4th,8,28,31,45,52,56,72,115,157,160,175,248,249,268.5th,190,199,217,220,259,269.Australian Light Horse Regiments—1st,157.2nd,27,28,69,182.3rd,28,229.4th,162,250,268,269.5th,184,242.6th,170.8th,158,159,172,267.9th,158,267.10th,158,159,213,268,277.11th,157,160,249,263.12th,250,268,269,275.14th,217.15th,221.Australian Mounted Division,8,24,26,72,102,113,155,175,179,190,197,200,202,212,247,249,252,258,266,293,296,302,App. I.a.Australians as scouts,140.—— weight of,95.Austrians,9.Ayun Kara,86.Baalbek,284,285,287,295.Baghdad,1.Balata,221.BaldwinII., Castle of,258.Balin,66,72.Barada, River,269.Baramkie Station,277.Barley,313,314.Barrow, Major-General Sir G. de S.,42,80,89,209,240,302.Barrow's Detachment,42.Batoum,263.Bayonets, used in cavalry charge,29,56.Becke, Major A.F.,xv.Beersheba, Arabs in,36,37,38.—— capture of,30.—— defences of,3,20.—— description of,20,33,34,35.—— Railway,4.Beirût,282,284,295.Beisan,134,191,211.Beit Dejan,18,220.—— Dukka,107.—— Duras,60.—— Hanun,48,52.—— Jibrin,66,70,97.—— Lid,220.—— Likia,107.—— Ras,253.—— Sira,103.—— Ur el Foka,106,113.—— Ur el Tahta,101,103,113.Beitunia,105.Belled el Sheikh,233.Berfilya,101.Berkusie,66,72.Beshshit,80.Bethlehem,98.Bire,101.Bir Adas,199.—— el Arara,23.—— el Hammam,23.—— el Makruneh,32.—— el Nettar,39.—— Jemameh,44,51.—— Salim Abu Irgeig,23.Birket Ata,204.Bivouac shelters,12.Blockhouses,20,27,28,256.Bluff, the,182,183.Bridges, and bridgeheads—Beersheba,35.Benat Yakub,258.El Rastan,288.Enemy,128,129,157,158.Esdud,65,69,118.Jordan,128,129,135,136,146,153,157,158,175.Nahr el Auja,108,109,110.Shellal,17.Brigandage,296.Brisbane, Captain,142.British Forces.See Troops, British.Buggar,21.Bulfin, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward,9.Bureir,50,59.Burj,115.Burka,65,71.Bursȳm,313.Butler, Lady,55.Cacolets,151,173.Camel Corps Brigade,8,69,133,137,154,App. I.a.Camel Transport Corps,36,62,63.Camels,36,63,325.—— Arabs impressed by British,36.—— prices realised by captured,318.—— unsuitability of, in hill country,141,173,325,326.Cameron, Lieutenant-Colonel,244.Carchemish,302.Carmel, Mount,192,212,233.Casualties, British,31,54,84,92,94,114,151,152,181,268,287,293.


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