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