Table of Contents
List of maps vi
Abbreviations vii
Metric equivalents vii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 'Soldier's hell' 1
April to July 1916
Chapter 2 'Come on, boys, we are making history' 15
1-4 August 1916
Chapter 3 'John Turk must pay for his audacity' 31
5-12 August 1916
Chapter 4 'Oh, you beauties' 43
September 1916 to January 1917
Chapter 5 'But we have Gaza' 57
February to March 1917
Chapter 6 'An unqualified failure' 71
April 1917
Chapter 7 'First-rate horse-masters' 85
May to October 1917
Chapter 8 'Australians will do me' 97
October to November 1917
Chapter 9 'In chase of Johnny' 109
November 1917
Chapter 10 Jerusalem 123
November 1917 to January 1918
Chapter 11 'I can't lose half my mounted troops' 131
February to May 1918
Chapter 12 From hell to Armageddon 145
May to September 1918
Chapter 13 'Terrified of the Bedouins' 157
September 1918
Chapter 14 'We are going to charge the town' 165
September to December 1918
Writer biographies 178
Photo collection biographies 181
Acknowledgements 184
Bibliography 184
Notes 187
Index 193
List of Maps
Map 1 Egypt and Palestine 2
Map 2 Sinai desert 16
Map 3 First battle of Gaza 61
Map 4 The capture of Beersheba 100
Map 5 The drive north 110
Map 6 Jaffa to Jerusalem 124
Map 7 Es Salt and Amman 132
Map 8 The battle of Megiddo 151
Map 9 Syria 166
