Volume V covers the last glory days of cavalry in World War I's Middle Eastern theater, as British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand cavalry conducted some of the most brilliant mounted operations of all time.

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1 Turkey enters war – first yeomen, Indians, Australians and New Zealanders arrive in Egypt – Suez Canal defences – birth of Australian Imperial Force – officers and men of Australian light horse – Australian equipment – the Imperial Camel Corps
  • 2 The Turkish Army – German influence on it – types of officers and men
  • 3 The Senussites – the Western Frontier Force – Wadi Senab – Wadi Majid – Halazin – Agagia
  • 4 The Jifjaffa and other raids – fanatis for water – the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps
  • 5 Sir A. Murray forms EEF – railway and pipe line begun
  • 6 The return from Gallipoli – Kress advances on Katia – the yeomanry disasters at Oghratina and Katia
  • 7 Anzac Mounted Division formed – extreme heat in desert – Egyptian Labour and Transport Corps – the khamsin – treatment of drinking water – spearpoint pumps
  • 8 Food and drink – lice – flies – gunyahs – health: septic sores, ‘Barcoo Spew’, malaria, cholera – Australians abandon formal clothing – transport of sick and wounded: camel cacolets, sand-sleighs, stretchers – desert monotony
  • 9 Chauvel – Cox – Ryrie – Antill – Royston – Chaytor – Romani – the pursuit to Bir el Abd
  • 10 Cabinet’s policy changes – Mazar – Maghara – arrival of Chetwode – Magdhaba – Rafah
  • 11 The first and second battles of Gaza
  • 12 Six months’ stalemate starts – Chetwode succeeds Dobell – Chauvel succeeds Chetwode – Chaytor succeeds Chauvel – re-organization of mounted divisions – arrival of Barrow – expedition to destroy Asluj-Auja railway
  • 13 Murray replaced by Allenby – effect of Allenby’s arrival – Allenby’s first review
  • 14 Chetwode’s plan for Third Gaza accepted by Allenby – Eastern Force abolished – Chauvel succeeds Chetwode – Chetwode commands XX Corps – Bulfin commands XXI Corps – reconnaissances, transport, water and deception preparations for Third Gaza
  • 15 The enemy situation before Third Gaza – preparations and preliminaries: Third Gaza
  • 16 Third Gaza: XX Corps attack – actions of Descorps – charge of 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade – capture of Beersheba
  • 17 XXI Corps attacks Gaza – Newcombe’s detachment surrenders – XX Corps attacks Hareira
  • 18 Barrow’s ‘special detachment’ – XX Corps takes Hareira – XXI Corps enters Gaza – action at Kh. Buteihah – Ameidat taken – pursuit starts – Jemmame taken
  • 19 The charge of the Warwick and Worcester Yeomanry at Huj
  • 20 Pursuit continues – Huleikat taken – enemy panics at Et Tine – action at Balin
  • 21 El Mughar – Junction Station entered – Abu Shushe – Jaffa entered – end of pursuit over Philistian plain – Turkish VII and VIII Armies divided
  • 22 The battles for and entry into Jerusalem
  • 23 Westerners v Easterners – Supreme War Council, January, 1918 – Smuts’s mission to Near East – Ghoraniye bridgehead across Jordan established – Jericho entered – the Amman Raid – re-organization of EEF on withdrawal of troops to France – Second trans-Jordan operation
  • 24 Summer stalemate – Descorps stationed in Jordan Valley – horrors of life there – Abu Tullul – El Hinu
  • 25 Railway improvements – Turkish Armies’ situation – Allenby decides to attack in late summer – his strategy – EEF’s orders and objectives – supply and communications arrangements
  • 26 Elaborate means of deceiving the enemy
  • 27 Battle of Sharon – arrangements for cavalry to enter gap – barrage – infantry assault
  • 28 Battle of Sharon: 5th Cavalry Brigade advances – 4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions go through gap made by XXI Corps – Nahr Falik
  • 29 5th Cavalry Division ordered to Nazareth – 13th Cavalry Brigade fails to capture the town or Liman von Sanders – Kelly sacked – 4th Cavalry Division crosses Musmus Pass – Howard-Vyse, 10th Cavalry Brigade, sacked
  • 30 Birket el Fuleh – El Afule taken – Beisan taken – Nablus: taken – Jenin taken
  • 31 The ‘Haifa Annexation Expedition’ – Acre taken – Haifa taken
  • 32 4th Cavalry Division: Makhadet Abu Naj – Masudi – Ausdiv: Semakh – Tiberias occupied – Chaytor’s Force: Jisr el Damieh, Es Salt and Amman captured
  • 33 Irbid – Kuneitra – Sasa – Kaukab – Kadem – Kiswe – El Mezze – Barada Gorge – El Hayira – Damascus entered – Khan Ayash
  • 34 Advance on Aleppo – malaria – influenza – Haritan – end of war with Turkey
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1: Desert Mounted Corps Operation Order
  • Appendix 2: A note on the photograph of the charge at Beersheba
  • Abbreviations used in the footnotes and source notes
  • Source notes
  • Index