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Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)

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Historical books online: Re-order
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-22482 "Weather Controls over the Fighting in Mesopotamia, in Palestine, and near the Suez Canal"] by Robert De C. Ward ''Scientific Monthly'' April 1918 Archive.org
*[http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/92596 ''The Operations in Egypt and Palestine, 1914 to June, 1917: illustrating the Field Service Regulations''] by A. Kearsey, Late Lieutenant-Colonel, General Staff. Published Aldershot 1929. State Library of Victoria. (May be slow to open)
:''A Summary of the Strategy and Tactics of the Egypt and Palestine Campaign with Details of the 1917-18 Operations Illustrating the Principles of War'' by Lieut. Col. A. Kearsey, 2nd edition revised 1932 is available in a reprint edition, <ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/strategy-and-tactics-of-the-egypt-and-palestine-campaign-with-details-of-the-1917-18-operations-illustrating-the-principles-of-war/ ''Strategy and Tactics of the Egypt and Palestine Campaign''] by Kearsey. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available as on an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.com under [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8RjXJU2phAxruUavp ''Egypt And Palestine Campaign''] located in Military Books-located by the Search/Egypt. Originally published 1928 as ''The Events, Strategy and Tactics of the Palestine Campaign''.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.14760/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Palestine Campaigns''] by Colonel A P Wavell 1928. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208330/page/n5 3rd edition, 8th impression 1941] Both Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. A book in the series ''Campaigns and their Lessons.''
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208856 ''Allenby, a Study in Greatness; the Biography of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.''] by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East. 1940 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/desertmountedcor00pres ''The Desert Mounted Corps : An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria, 1917-1918''] by Lieut –Colonel RMP Preston 1921 Archive.org
**The Indian Army Cavalry regiments are listed from [https://archive.org/stream/desertmountedcor00pres#page/332/mode/2up page 333]
*British Army Infantry regimental historiesetc
** ''A History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in the Great War 1914-1918'' [in three Volumes] Edited by Major General A G Wauchope 1926. Vol. 1 includes 2nd Battalion in Mesopotamia and Palestine. Vol. 3 includes 14th Battalion in Palestine.
*:[https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A69526#page/1/mode/2up ''Volume One''] including [https://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A69526#page/270/mode/2up Palestine] page 271. Digital Archive@McMaster University Library
*: [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/library/A-History-of-The-Black-Watch-Royal-Highlanders-in-the-Great-War-1914-1918-Volume-III/files/assets/basic-html/page1.html ''Volume Three'' transcribed edition], (OCR derived, so subject to error) including [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/library/A-History-of-The-Black-Watch-Royal-Highlanders-in-the-Great-War-1914-1918-Volume-III/files/assets/basic-html/page329.html Fourteenth Battalion In Palestine] page 317. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_History_of_the_Black_Watch_Royal_Highl.html?id=Qkw8AAAAIAAJ Volume Three, Google Books version] Public Domain in USA c 2022.*:[https://archive.org/details/fifeforfar00ogiluoft/page/n7/mode/2up ''Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F.& F. Yeo) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919''] [R. H. = Royal Highlanders] by Major D D Ogilvie 1921 Archive.org.*:[http://www.gwpda.org/memoir/Crusaders/Sommers.htm ''Temporary Crusaders''] by Cecil Sommers [Norman Cecil Sommers Down] 1919 . Elsewhere it is stated he was Captain, 14th Black Watch (74th Dismounted Yeomanry Division). Based on diary entries November 24th, 1917 to June 17th. 1918. Transcribed version from gwpda.org. Stated [https://books.google.com.au/books?vid=UVA:X002264783 Google Books version] Public Domain in USA. ''Temporary Crusaders'' stated elsewhere to be a book in the ''On Active Service'' Series. Also see [[Western Front#Infantry and Others|Western Front - Infantry]] for another book by this author.*:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022556629.0x000002# ''The 74th (Yeomanry) Division in Syria and France''] by Major C. H. Dudley Ward 1922 access.bl.uk British Library
**[http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/199044 ''2/4 Battalion. Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919''] Published 1920?. State Library of Victoria. (May be slow to open). The Battalion was in India January 1915-April 1917, where it provided many drafts for Mesopotamia, and was then in Palestine and France.
*:[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsoftemp00bacoiala/page/n8 ''The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer's narrative of service (and sport) in three continents''] by Captain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922. Archive.org. India, Egypt/Palestine, [[Western Front]].
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100091115?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The War Work of the Y.M.C.A. in Egypt''] by James W. Barrett, Temporary Lieut-Col RAMC 1919 Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[https://archive.org/details/consultingsurgeo00tubbrich ''A Consulting Surgeon in the Near East''] by A H Tubby RAMC (T). 1920. Archive.org. Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine.
*[https://archive.org/details/diaryofyeomanrym00teicrich ''The Diary of a Yeomanry M.O. : Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine and Italy''] by Captain O Teichman RAMC (T F) 1921 Archive.org
*[https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18699625 ''War experiences of a Territorial Medical Officer'' (ADMS, 2nd Mounted Division, Egypt, 1915-1919)] by Major General Sir Richard Luce, RAMC(T), extracted from the ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'', 1936-1937, "with photographs stuck in". Also includes an index at rear. Wellcome Library online. If you wish to read online, it is suggested you select “Full screen”, as otherwise it is difficult to read. Articles appeared from April 1936, 66 (4) to December 1937 69 (6).
:The online ''JRAMC'' extracts are easier to read, but missing three parts. Gallipoli Chapters 5-9, the remaining chapters are in respect of Egypt and Palestine. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/66/4/272.full.pdf Chapters 1-3], missing May 1936, [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/66/6/402.full.pdf 6-7], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/67/1/58.full.pdf 8-9], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/67/2/121.full.pdf 10-11], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/67/3/194.full.pdf 12], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/67/4/268.full.pdf 13], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/67/5/337.full.pdf 14-15], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/67/6/405.full.pdf 16], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/68/1/59.full.pdf 17], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/68/2/121.full.pdf 18-19], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/68/3/196.full.pdf 20], missing April 1937, [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/68/5/347.full.pdf 22], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/68/6/407.full.pdf 23], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/69/1/52.full.pdf 24], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/69/2/125.full.pdf 25-26], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/69/3/204.full.pdf 27], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/69/4/270.full.pdf 28], [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/69/5/341.full.pdf 29], missing Dec 1937.
*[https://archive.org/details/britisharmycrisi0000jeff/page/110/mode/2up "The Defence of Suez"] Chapter 7 Page 110 ''The British Army and the Crisis of Empire, 1918-22'' by Keith Jeffery 1984. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://www.academia.edu/13648514/BOOK_Captain_Sarkis_Torossian_From_Dardanelles_to_Palestine._Boston_1947 ''From Dardanelles to Palestine''] by Captain Sarkis Torossian. Boston,USA. 1947 academia.edu. Article: [https://www.academia.edu/13459061/Joseph_A._Kéchichian_How_the_Armenian_Genocide_Forced_a_Loyal_Ottoman_Officer_to_Espouse_the_Arab_Revolt._Contemporary_Review_of_the_Middle_East_Vol._1_No._4_2014 'How the Armenian Genocide Forced a Loyal Ottoman Officer to Espouse the Arab Revolt"] by Joseph A. Kéchichian, ''Contemporary Review of the Middle East'', Vol. 1, No. 4, 2014. academia.edu. Captain Torossian was of Armenian descent & fought at Gallipoli as an Artillery observer in the Turkish Army. After the Armenian genocide he switched sides & commanded 6.000 Arabian horsemen with the Allied army to Damascus. Article [http://www.academia.edu/14511256/Taner_Akçam_A_short_history_of_the_Torossian_debate_Journal_of_Genocide_Research_Vol._17_No._3_2015 "A short history of the Torossian debate"] by Taner Akçam ''Journal of Genocide Research'', 2015 Vol. 17, No. 3, 345–362.academia.edu. Some do not believe the account to be true. Other articles about Torossian's book may be found on [http://bilgi.academia.edu/AyhanTAktar Ayhan Aktar] bilgi.academia.edu
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022556629.0x000002# ''The 74th (Yeomanry) Division in Syria and France''] by Major C. H. Dudley Ward 1922 access.bl.uk British Library
*[https://archive.org/details/diaryofyeomanrym00teicrich ''The Diary of a Yeomanry M.O. : Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine and Italy''] by Captain O Teichman RAMC (T F) 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/farewelltohorses0000hoyt/page/n3/mode/2up ''Farewell to the Horses : Diary of a British Tommy 1915-1919''] [Cady Cyril Hoyte] edited by Robert Elverstone 2014. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Hoyte joined the Machine Gun Corps of the Warwickshire Yeomanry 28 June 1915, and arrived in Egypt December 1915, remaining in Palestine until mid 1918. [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-yeomanry-regiments-of-1914-1918/warwickshire-yeomanry/ Warwickshire Yeomanry] (longlongtrail.co.uk) which became part of Imperial Mounted Division/Australian Mounted Division.
*Digitised Manuscripts from the India Office Records, British Library. (Also see [http://www.europeana-collections-1914-1918.eu/tag/india-office-records europeana-collections-1914-1918.eu].)
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