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10 mag 2024 · Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (born April 23, 1861, Brackenhurst, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died May 14, 1936, London) was a field marshal, the last great British leader of mounted cavalry, who directed the Palestine campaign in World War I.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 giorni fa · At about the same time, British general Edmund Allenby replaced General Archibald Murray as commander of the EEF. Allenby reorganized the EEF to give him direct command of three corps, in the process deactivating Chetwode's Eastern Force and placing him in command of one of the two infantry corps.
16 mag 2024 · Lawrence cercò di coordinare gli attacchi degli arabi e l’avanzata delle truppe di Allenby verso nord, con esito incerto. Fu in questo periodo, nel novembre del 1917, che i turchi lo fecero prigioniero mentre effettuava una ricognizione sul terreno nei pressi del nodo ferroviario di Dara, a sud di Damasco.
5 giorni fa · After a period of stalemate in Southern Palestine from April to October 1917, General Edmund Allenby captured Beersheba from the III Corps. The Ottoman defences were captured by 8 November, and the pursuit began. EEF victories followed, at the Battle of Mughar Ridge, 10 to 14 November, and the Battle of Jerusalem, 17 November to 30 December.
- Egypt Eyalet and Ottoman Syria
- Allied victory
6 giorni fa · Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captured Jerusalem on November 9, 1917, and in just three months, Britain conquered the rest of Palestine.
12 mag 2024 · Rafah, the gateway that stands at a crossroads between empires, has watched its share of conquerors come and go: Pharaoh Thutmose III, Napoleon Bonaparte and British General Edmund Allenby,...
5 giorni fa · General Edmund Allenby, in command of the Third Army proposed to use Corps mounted troops and infantry to press ahead beyond the main body, which was accepted by Haig, since the new dispersed German defensive organisation gave more scope to cavalry.
