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from a history; much more has been omitted which a complete history would have contained. In particular I plead guilty to omitting names of units deserving of special mention. Generally their names have not been known to me; in such cases as they were known, I have feared that to mention them might have caused more jealousy than satisfaction. We each of us think, and rightly so, that our own unit does better than any other engaged. So, many a reader may be disappointed at finding no mention of the unit in which he is particularly interested. I can only refer him to the congratulatory telegrams which his unit received in the field, and which are doubtless preserved among the records of the regiment. We have now completed our brief review of this campaign. We have seen its small beginnings in the defence of the Suez Canal, when Turkey, leaning upon Germany, a broken reed, vaunted herself in an attempt to conquer Egypt. We have traced the footsteps of the British army as, pushing back the invading Turk, it crept across the Desert. We have watched its struggles on the frontier of Asia, culminating in the victory of Gaza and Beersheba. We have followed its progress in the onward sweep, which conquered Jerusalem, and watched it through succeeding months of trial, patience and disappointment. Finally, we have seen it destroy the remnants of the Turkish armies, and, in one great rush, conquer the whole of Northern Syria. Proud, indeed, should those of us feel who have been privileged to play a part in this campaign. INDEX Abd, 15 Abu Aweigila, 16 Abu Hareira, 45 Ain Karim, 83 Ajalon, 71 Akaba, Gulf of, 4, 26 Aleppo, 23, 143 Alexandretta, 143 Ali Muntar, 38 Amman, 114, 141 Anwas, 73 Apex, The, 46, 50, 59 Arara, 131 Armageddon, 33 Asluj, 54 Atawinah, 45, 58, 59 Auja, 5,14 Australia Hill, 39 Baalbek, 143 Baghdad, 22 Baha, 45 Baku, 23 Beersheba, 39, 45, 51, 56 Beihesnia, 75 Beit Dukka, 75 Beit Iksa, 83 Beit Hanun, 45, 58, 63 Beit Jibrin, 67 Belah, 38 Bethel, 109 Beth-horon, 71 Bethshan, 139 Bireh, 72 Bir-el-Abd, 14 Bir-es-Sakaly, 54 Bitter Lakes, 5 Constantinople, 7 Ctesiphon, 22 Damascus, 142 Dardanelles, 6 Dead Sea, 112 Deraa, 142 Dueidar, 13 Egypt, 1 El Arish, 5 El Burj, 80 El Kep, 130 El Kubeibeh, 67 El Mesmiye, 68 El Mughar, 68 El Tine, 45 El Tireh, 138 Emmaus, 78
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