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—— Enemy,31,54,83,85,92,117,153,154,184,251,272,276,278.Cavalry—Detail of,8,App. I.a.Disease amongst. SeeDisease.Enemy. SeeTurks.French,ix,190,221,259,319.in mountain country,102,104-108,112-122,127,128,136-151,165-175,219.in trenches,155,156.Organisation for the advance on Aleppo,285.Reorganisation of,154,179,App. I.a.Training,12,13,14,55.Withdrawal of, from Syria,302.Charges of Cavalry—Abu Naj,230,231.Abu Shusheh,90.Beersheba,29.Haifa,235,236.Haritan,292.Henu Ford,185,186.Huj,53.Irbid,253.Kaukab,269.Khan Ayash,279.Remte,256.training for,55,56.unsuccessful,230,253,254,292.of Turkish Cavalry,22.Chauvel, Lieutenant-General Sir H.G., K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,xvi,8,169,279.Chaytor, Major-General Sir E.W.C.,108,138,143,149,164.Chaytor's Force,196,201,220,227,229,240-246.Chetwode, Lieutenant-General Sir Philip, Bart.,viii,7,9,33.Christians,98,144.Cilicia,295.Circassians,144,263,264.Climate,15,63,104,117,177,179,180,189,311.Cold,104,118,119,137,144.Committee of Union and Progress,298.Communications, British,16,17,112,129,164,263.—— Enemy,4,129,191,192,193.Communiqués, Enemy,16,100.Counter-attacks, Enemy—Balin,72,73,74.El Burj,117.Jisr el Damieh,160.Khuweilfeh,38,39,40.Nebi Samwil,107.Richon-le-Zion,86.Country, description of. SeeTopography.Cox, Brigadier-General,27,65.Cripps, Lieutenant-Colonel,90.Crusaders,103.Damascus,4.—— capture of,275,279.—— disorders in,280,281.—— importance of,247.—— the race for,251-275.Daraya,278.Darb el Haj,243.Darfur campaign,314.Davison, Captain,209.Dead Sea,126,179,180.Deceiving the enemy,5,17,175,176,177,195,196,197,210,211,213,214,293.Defences, British—Gaza-Beersheba,5,12.Jaffa-Jerusalem,114.Jordan Valley,175,178,179.Defences, Turkish—Gaza-Beersheba,3,20.Damascus,268.Defences, Turkish—Jaffa-Jerusalem,114.On 19th September 1918,191,193,199,200,220.Nazareth,214.Trans-Jordan,133,156.Nahr Rubin,70,71.Aleppo,289.Deir Ali,268.—— el Belah,16,17.—— el Ghusn,219.—— el Hawa,39.—— el Kuddis,119.—— el Saras,261.—— Khabiye,273.—— Sineid,4.Deraa Junction,4,191,192,248,252,257,264,295.Desert Column, the,viii,7,16.Desert Mounted Corps,ix,9,293.—— —— —— detail of,8,App. I.—— —— —— reorganisation of,179,App. I.a.—— —— —— administration of Syria by,295-301.—— —— —— disbandment of,302.Dhahariyeh,21.Disease, among British troops,x,181,246,283,284,287.—— —— Enemy,60,276,278,279.Dobell, Major-General Sir C.,viii.Documents, captured enemy,5,57,178,194,198,208.Dome,220.Donkeys,166,325,326,327.Dothan Pass,213.Druses,263,264.Duma,277.Dust,71,179,180,187,311.Dysentery,60,278.Eastern Force,viii.Egypt,2.Egyptian Expeditionary Force,1,7.Enemy Territory, advances into,122,293.—— —— administration of,295-301.—— —— disorder in,296,297.Engineers, Royal,16,17,287,288.—— Australian,16,17.—— Enemy,49,132.Entrenching tools,13.Ellar,219.Equipment,12,13,320,321.—— weight of,95.Esani,7.Escorts. SeeHorse Artillery.Esdraelon, Plain of,191,209.Esdud,60,118.Euphrates, River,282.Exchange, stabilisation of,299,301.—— gambles in,299,300.Ezra,255.Fahme,219.Falkenhayn, Marshal von,2,72.Faluje,59,61,62,66.Feisal, Emir,130,153,280,281,339,340,341.Fevzi Pasha,9.Fire support,29,55,82,90,209,254,260,269,291,304,305.Flag of truce,289.Forage,13,62,248,313,314.—— local,248,314.Fox hounds,301.Fuheis,144,168.Funduk,220.Furkha,191.Gafar Pasha,297.Galilee, Sea of,134,191.Gallipoli,1.Games,301.Gamli,5.Gaza, defences of,3.—— attack of,22,32.—— capture of,48.—— description of,124,125.Gebel el Shegeib,23.German Emperor,121.Germans,9,154,181,214,219,250,251.—— ill-treatment of Turks by,xiii,xiv,193,194,260,276.—— breaches of laws of war by,216,250,251.—— drunkenness,185.—— venereal disease among,279.—— indifference to Turkish brutality,265.—— spies,5.Gezer,89.Ghabaghib,271.Ghalib Pasha,340.Ghazale,255.Gheyadah,80.Ghoraniyeh,128,133,135,153,228.—— Enemy attack on,154.Glanders,320.Godwin, Brigadier-General C.A.,80,90.Good Samaritan Inn,127.Gram,313,314.Grant, Brigadier-General W.,28,29,31,161,249,263,317.Gray-Cheape, Lieut.-Colonel H.,53.Gregory, Brigadier-General,231.Grenades,117.Guns, captured,xii,30,52,55,85,100,102,122,205,211,226,232,238,245,262,268,279,283,293.—— loss of R.H.A.,163.Hableh,199.Haifa,191,192,232.—— capture of,232-238.—— annexation expedition,227.Hama,282,288.Hamame,66.Haram,202.Harbaj,234.Harbord, Brigadier-General,233,291.Hareira,43.Harista el Basal,277.Haritan, action of,291.Harithie,232.Haroun al Rashid,302.Haud,133,136,157,165.Hauran,248,263,272.Head ropes. SeePicketing gear.Heat,15,63,177,179,180,311.Hebron,21.Hedjaz,126,337.—— Force,129,130,131,133,153,240,242,243.—— —— surrender of,244,245.—— King of. SeeHussein.Heel ropes. SeePicketing gear.Henu Ford,185.Hermon, Mount,212.Hills. SeeTopography.Hiseia,21.Hish Forest,130,340.Hodgson, Major-General Sir H.W.,21,73,74,75,167,169.Homs,282,286,287,294,295.Horse Artillery,27.Ammunition,308,309,328,329.Command,303,304.Detail of,App. I.a.Horse Artillery—Employment of,74,75,259,260,269.Escorts for,306,307.Horses for,319.Howitzers,307.Reserves304,305.Special requirements of,309.With advance guard,269,305,306.See alsoR.H.A. Batteries.Horsemastership,318,319.Horses—Arab,314,317,318.Australian,94,95,325.Barb,190.Canadian,317,325.Condition,119,123,180,240,283,312,313.Detecting presence of water,316.Disease amongst,312,320.Draught,319,324.English,95,317.Hardships of,58,61,63,77,94,119.in waterless country,316.Manes and tails of,321.Muzzles for,312,320,321.Pack,13,82.Remounts,123,317.Type,319,324,325.Watering of,58,61,64,94,314,315,316.Weight carried by,95.


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