The Desert Mounted Corps - An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria - 1917-1918

Preston, R.M.P., D.S.O.Lieut. Colonel; Chauvel, Lieut. General, Sir H. G. K.C.B., K.C.M.G. - Introduction

Published by Hougton Mfflin Company, Boston and New York, 1923

About this Item

356 Pages Indexed. Tan boards with brown lettering to front board and spine. Good condition considering age. Pages are white, tight, and free of marks. The front endpaper is holding well while the back endpaper has begun to split but still holding well. Illustrated with 33 black and white photographs, five maps of which four are fold out, and seven full page diagrams. In writing this History the author has done a service to his countrymen particularly those who served in the Corps, and who feel that the part they played in the Great War is but little known to the general public. As a work on Cavalry Tactics it will be of some value to the student of Military History, and, if it does nothing else, it must demonstrate to the world that the horse-soldier is just as valuable in modern warfare as ever. The whole of the operations in Palestine and Syria, under General Allenby, were text-book illustrations of the perfect combination of all arms, both in attack and defence, and the last operations in this theatre, which led to the total destruction of the Turkish Arms and the elimination of Germany's Allies from the War, could not have been undertaken without large masses of Cavalry. The author served throughout the whole of the operations of which he writes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Desert Mounted Corps - An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria - 1917-1918
• Publisher: Hougton Mfflin Company, Boston and New York
• Publication Date: 1923
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good