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Capture of Damascus (1918)
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The Capture of Damascus marked a victory of the British and Arab armies in their campaign against the Ottoman empire in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The capture took place on 1 October 1
A busy city square in Damascus 1918
A busy city square in Damascus 1918
Transport crossing the Wadi el Bireh near Jisr el Mejamie on 27 September—it took two days to get 30 lorries across. Here 14 German lorries were bogge
Transport crossing the Wadi el Bireh near Jisr el Mejamie on 27 September—it took two days to get 30 lorries across. Here 14 German lorries were bogged and abandoned.
Road from Jisr el Majamie to Irbid at the Wadi Ghafur on 29 September when 30 lorries which supplied the 4th Cavalry Division passed by; the bridge br
Road from Jisr el Majamie to Irbid at the Wadi Ghafur on 29 September when 30 lorries which supplied the 4th Cavalry Division passed by; the bridge breaking under the pressure so the lorries crossed the stream bed on the right
George Lambert's painting of the repaired bridge at Jisr Benat Yakub showing the buildings at the western end in 1919
George Lambert's painting of the repaired bridge at Jisr Benat Yakub showing the buildings at the western end in 1919
Henry Macandrew
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Major-General Sir Henry John Milnes Macandrew, was a British Indian Army officer who fought in the Boer War and First World War, rising to command cavalry divisions on the Western Front and in the Sin
Capture of Damascus (1918)
…Division did not leave Haifa until the day Damascus was captured, on 1 October. The leading troops reached Beirut on 8 October. With Major General H. J. Macandrew's 5th Cavalry Division following, Major General H. W. Hodgson's Australian Mounted Division was ordered to advance to Damascus 90 miles (140 km) away…
The 20th Deccan Horse of Macandrew's division just prior to their attack on High Wood on 14 July
The 20th Deccan Horse of Macandrew's division just prior to their attack on High Wood on 14 July
Indian cavalry travel through Damascus on 2 October
Indian cavalry travel through Damascus on 2 October
The armoured car, with flag of truce, sent in by Macandrew to request the surrender of Aleppo on 23 October
The armoured car, with flag of truce, sent in by Macandrew to request the surrender of Aleppo on 23 October