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Battle of Abu Klea (1,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British Desert Column and Mahdist forces encamped near Abu Klea. The Desert Column, a force of approximately 1,400 soldiers, started from Korti, Sudan

Battle of Rafa (5,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forces during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the First World War. The Desert Column of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked an entrenched Ottoman

Desert Column (1,880 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Desert Column was a First World War British Empire army corps which operated in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign from 22 December 1916. The Column

Bayuda Desert (382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

crossed by the Desert Column of the Gordon Relief Expedition in January 1885 in a failed attempt to relieve the Siege of Khartoum. The Desert Column was led

First Battle of Gaza (14,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the Desert Column, a component of the Eastern Force, attacked the town. Late in the afternoon, on the verge of capturing Gaza, the Desert Column was

ANZAC Mounted Division (11,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Horse Brigade at Gallipoli. When Chauvel was promoted to command the Desert Column – of which the division was part – he was replaced by the New Zealander

Eastern Force (113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant-General Charles Macpherson Dobell, it included a mobile arm called the Desert Column, the ANZAC Mounted Division, the Imperial Mounted Division and the

XIX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) (1,477 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Imperial Mounted Division in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign as part of the Desert Column. With the division, it took part in the advance across the Sinai.

Egyptian Expeditionary Force (1,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

December 1916 and the Battle of Rafa in January 1917, by which time the Desert Column had been formed within the EF. These victories resulted in the recapture

Harry Chauvel (7,880 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

First Battle of Gaza in March 1917. The following month, he took over the Desert Column, later known as the Desert Mounted Corps, thereby becoming the first

XVIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) (1,015 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and IV Brigade, RHA (T.F.). The ANZAC Mounted Division served with the Desert Column in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign from the Battle of Magdhaba (23

Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery (2,611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Imperial Mounted Division in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign as part of the Desert Column. With the division, it took part in the advance across the Sinai.

Ayrshire Royal Horse Artillery (1,454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

final Turkish attempt to cut the Suez Canal. The division then joined the Desert Column and with it took part in the advance across the Sinai. It fought at

A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company (2,856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Imperial Mounted Division in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign as part of the Desert Column. With the division, it took part in the advance across the Sinai,

Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery (1,712 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

final Turkish attempt to cut the Suez Canal. The division then joined the Desert Column and with it took part in the advance across the Sinai. It fought at

Nile Expedition (2,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gordon in Khartoum, Wolseley split his force into two columns. He sent the Desert Column of 1,400 men by camel on a 280 km shortcut from Korti, across the

Yeomanry Mounted Division (1,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In June 1917, it was decided to reorganize the mounted troops of the Desert Column into three divisions. Previously, the two existing divisions (ANZAC

Somerset Royal Horse Artillery (2,413 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

final Turkish attempt to cut the Suez Canal. The division then joined the Desert Column and with it took part in the advance across the Sinai. It fought at

Siege of Khartoum (3,352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

While the main body would continue to advance by river to Abu Hamed, the Desert Column would strike from Korti, across the Bayuda Desert to Mettema where

Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery (2,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

final Turkish attempt to cut the Suez Canal. The division then joined the Desert Column and with it took part in the advance across the Sinai. It fought at

B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company (2,706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Imperial Mounted Division in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign as part of the Desert Column. With the division, it took part in the advance across the Sinai.

III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) (945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

final Turkish attempt to cut the Suez Canal. The division then joined the Desert Column and with it took part in the advance across the Sinai. It fought at

IV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) (954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

final Turkish attempt to cut the Suez Canal. The division then joined the Desert Column and with it took part in the advance across the Sinai. It fought at

Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun (1,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Washington: Brassey. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-85753-270-8. Idress, Ion (1944). The Desert Column: Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai

3rd Light Horse Brigade (5,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and prevent them from retaking Rafa. In February and March 1917, the Desert Column was reorganised and expanded. The arrival of several brigades of British

Second Battle of Gaza (11,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

early autumn, were cultivated in most of these localities. All of the Desert Column mounted and infantry divisions had fought during the first battle

First Australian Imperial Force (13,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Corps II ANZAC Corps Australian Corps Desert Mounted Corps (formerly the Desert Column) The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was formed from

Australian Light Horse (3,646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

World War I. The Wells of Beersheba (1933) by Frank Dalby Davison The Desert Column (1932) by Ion L. Idriess: the only known published account by a participant

Australian Mounted Division (1,797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

engineer squadron, a signals squadron, and train. The division joined the Desert Column alongside the ANZAC Mounted Division. During the First Battle of Gaza

Charles William Wilson (1,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commanded by Garnet Wolseley. He was intelligence officer attached to the Desert Column led by Sir Herbert Stewart. Desert Column was ordered to strike from

Mounted Memorial, Canberra (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in 1915, then successively commanded the ANZAC Mounted Division, the Desert Column and the Desert Mounted Corps in operations in Egypt, Palestine and

Battle of Beersheba (1917) (18,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Harry Chauvel was promoted to lieutenant general with command of the Desert Column. Major General Edward Chaytor was promoted from the New Zealand Mounted

Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet (3,853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1884–1885), the last of which was with the Guards Camel Regiment in the Desert Column. He was promoted to the regimental rank of major on 23 May 1888. He

Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode (1,697 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to be transferred to the Palestine where he was given command of the Desert Column and promoted to temporary lieutenant general with effect from 22 November

Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery (6,890 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Imperial Mounted Division in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign as part of the Desert Column. With the division, it took part in the advance across the Sinai.

1916 (9,358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

designed to counter the German Fokker aircraft. December 23 – WWI: The Desert Column captures the Ottoman garrison during the Battle of Magdhaba. December

Jessica Dragonette (1,694 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1952. p. BR 23. Retrieved May 9, 2021. Arthur J. Burks, Red Hands in the Desert (column), The Aberree, June 1959, p. 11. Salvatore Basile (2010). Fifth Avenue

Stalemate in Southern Palestine (21,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Major-General Alister Dallas, while the division was transferred from the Desert Column to Eastern Force. However, after a second defeat on 21 April, General

Military history of Australia during World War I (19,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with the agreement of Lieutenant General Philip Chetwode commanding the Desert Column who had arrived earlier that day, set out to attack the Turkish forces

Horace Robertson (4,461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

handed it over anyway. In February 1917 Robertson was attached to the Desert Column as a staff officer. From there, he was sent to staff school in Egypt

Sinai and Palestine campaign (23,559 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

coast. It was the last obstacle to the Allied advance into Palestine. The Desert Column under Chetwode also arrived that day. Chauvel, with the agreement

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (7,618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Division (renamed in June to the Australian Mounted Division) in the Desert Column (reorganised in August as the Desert Mounted Corps). On 26 March,

Joseph Espie Dods (1,559 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Australia Gazette, 6 April 1916, p860 position 15 Idriess, Ion, The Desert Column, Angus and Robertson Publishers, Australia, 1932, p32. Commonwealth

Evelyn Wood (British Army officer) (6,857 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Buller's place as chief of staff as Buller had to take charge of the desert column after Stewart was mortally wounded at Abu Klea. In this job Wood became

Royal baccarat scandal (9,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

House. His action in the Sudan was with the Guards Camel Regiment in the Desert Column. Gordon-Cumming's estates in Scotland amounted to 40,000 acres (16

Desert Mounted Corps (11,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Corps, but the name was chosen in recognition of its predecessor the Desert Column. Chauvel outlined the reasons on 3 September 1920: "The name of the

Manchester Artillery (8,736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bde at Pelusium. For the next few months the division was part of the Desert Column covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (9,339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reached Qatiya. For the next few months the division was part of the Desert Column covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

British Army during the First World War (20,439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Divisions. With the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, mounted troops formed the Desert Column. The whole force—known as the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF)—was

First Battle of the Jordan (11,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Scrymgeour, James Tindal Steuart (1961). Blue Eyes: A True Romance of the Desert Column. Infracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell. OCLC 220903073. Sommers, Cecil (Norman

First Battle of Amman (10,435 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

OCLC 2959465. Scrymgeour, J.T.S. (1961). Blue Eyes: A True Romance of the Desert Column. Infracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell. OCLC 220903073. Sommers, Cecil (Norman

List of Old Brightonians (2,684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart (1843–1885), army staff officer, commanded the Desert Column to relieve Khartoum, mortally wounded at Abu Klea General Sir Cecil

1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry (4,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formed part of the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division in the Desert Column. At Sheikh Zuweid 1/1st Staffs Yeomanry was assigned to the outposts

Second Battle of the Jordan (23,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-0-7900-0941-4. Scrymgeour, J. T. S. (c. 1961). Blue Eyes: A True Romance of the Desert Column. Infracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell. OCLC 220903073. Wavell, Field Marshal

Cheshire Artillery Volunteers (5,398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

began to move up to more advanced positions. Beersheba had fallen to the Desert Column and XX Corps could bivouack on the objective. On 3 November 53rd (W)

Australian Army during World War I (12,351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of which consisted of three regiments. Following the expansion of the Desert Column in August 1917 these divisions formed part of the Desert Mounted Corps

Norman Coates (3,736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the war in Egypt. He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General to the Desert Column in 1916, then Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General

British occupation of the Jordan Valley (11,585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

OCLC 2959465. Scrymgeour, J. T. S. (c. 1961). Blue Eyes: A True Romance of the Desert Column. Infracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell. OCLC 220903073. Wavell, Field Marshal

Bolton Artillery (10,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A/CCXII Bty at Romani. For the next few months the division was part of the Desert Column covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

1st Lanarkshire Artillery Volunteers (6,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Howitzer) Bde joined the group. 52nd (L) Division formed part of the Desert Column covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (7,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Expeditionary Force (EEF) advanced towards Gaza, with 53rd Division in the Desert Column. The 1st Battle of Gaza began at 03.30 on 26 March, when 160th Brigade

10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (5,218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Expeditionary Force (EEF) advanced towards Gaza, with 53rd Division in the Desert Column. The 1st Battle of Gaza began at 03.30 on 26 March, when 160th Brigade

2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers (10,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

March 1917 the EEF advanced towards Gaza, with 53rd (W) Division in the Desert Column. The First Battle of Gaza began at 03.30 on 26 March, when 160th Bde

3rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers (11,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

CCX Bde at Romani. For the next few months the division was part of the Desert Column covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

6th (Caernarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (8,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

26 March, launching the First Battle of Gaza. 53rd (W) Division in the Desert Column was ordered to cross the Wadi Ghuzze towards Gaza itself, masked by

1st Ayrshire and Galloway Artillery Volunteers (6,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Howitzer) Bde joined the group. 52nd (L) Division formed part of the Desert Column covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

4th Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (3,484 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

joined No 2 Group with CCLXII Bde. 52nd (L) Division formed part of the Desert Column covering the extension of the railway and water pipeline into the

1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers (9,485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

26 March, launching the First Battle of Gaza. 53rd (W) Division in the Desert Column was ordered to cross the Wadi Ghuzze towards Gaza itself, masked by

7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (9,003 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

26 March, launching the First Battle of Gaza. 53rd (W) Division in the Desert Column was ordered to cross the Wadi Ghuzze towards Gaza itself, masked by

List of Australian diarists of World War I (H-N) (9,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

number 1DRL/0373 Retrieved 16 Jan 2014 Miller, Simon (4 August 2014). "The Desert Column: The WW1 diaries of Ion Idriess". SLQ blogs. State Library of Queensland