Second Battle of the Jordan
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The Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt, officially known by the British as the Second action of Es Salt and by others as the Second Battle of the Jordan, was fought east of the Jor
Prisoners captured during the 2nd Transjordan operations marching through Jerusalem May 1918
Transjordan theatre of operations 21 March to 2 April; 30 April to 4 May and 20 to 29 September 1918
Imperial Camel Corps Brigade troops on Mussallabeh hill
Jordan Valley looking south with the Dead Sea in the distance and the plateau of Moab on the left
The occupation of the Jordan Valley by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force began in February 1918 during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. After the Capture of Jericho in February the Auck
Second Battle of the Jordan
…The strength of these Ottoman counterattacks forced the EEF mounted and infantry forces to withdraw back to the Jordan Valley where they continued the Occupation of the Jordan Valley during the summer until mid September when the Battle of Megiddo began. In the weeks following the unsuccessful First Transjordan attack on Amman and…
Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Canteen in the Jordan Valley
British and Indian officers of the 18th Lancers (India Army) at Tel el Kebir on arrival from France in April 1918.
An Australian Light Horse team on a road near Jericho.
Dead Sea Post showing one of the naval whalers and a launch belonging to the Dead Sea Detachment, Motor-Boat Company, R.A.S.C. 5 September 1918.