Front Line Visits
Makes frequent front-line visits to improve morale after assuming EEF command.
Role range: 1914-1918
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Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby Biography and Timeline — Page 3
Follow Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby through 142 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1917–1918Years on this page
1917
Irregular Warfare Support
Encourages irregular operations against Ottoman communications.
Role range: 1914-1918
Jerusalem National Success
The capture of Jerusalem makes Allenby a celebrated British wartime commander.
Role range: 1914-1918
Mounted Force Integration
Combines infantry operations with mobile mounted formations during the Palestine advance.
Role range: 1914-1918
Ottoman Southern Front Turned
The Beersheba manoeuvre turns the Ottoman southern defensive position.
Role range: 1914-1918
Palestine Campaign Revitalised
His organisational and operational changes revitalise the British campaign in Palestine.
Role range: 1914-1918
Palestine Mobile Warfare
Restores mobile warfare to the Palestine campaign after the earlier failures at Gaza.
Role range: 1914-1918
Palestine Morale Campaign
Uses personal visits and energetic command to raise morale in the Palestine force.
Role range: 1914-1918
1918
Invasion of Palestine
Issues secret orders for the Palestine Offensive
Role range: 1914-1918
Bombing of Damascus
Sept 16-Sept 18 the Damascus Campaign, aircraft bombard Turkish command centres
Role range: 1914-1918
Damascus Air Bombardment
Sept 16-Sept 18 the Damascus Campaign, aircraft bombard Turkish command centres
Role range: 1914-1918
Arab Communications Raids
Arab forces disrupt Ottoman lines of communication as Allenby's Megiddo offensive begins.
Role range: 1914-1918
Desert Mounted Corps Exploitation
Sends the Desert Mounted Corps through the breakthrough into the Ottoman rear.
Role range: 1914-1918
Megiddo Combined Arms
Coordinates infantry, cavalry, artillery, armoured vehicles and aircraft at Megiddo.
Role range: 1914-1918
Megiddo Offensive Opens
Launches the Battle of Megiddo on 19 September 1918.
Role range: 1914-1918
Ottoman Escape Routes Blocked
Plans the Megiddo attack to trap Ottoman formations and close their principal escape routes.
Role range: 1914-1918
Sharon Artillery Barrage
Uses a powerful creeping barrage to support the infantry attack at Sharon.
Role range: 1914-1918
Sharon Infantry Breakthrough
Twenty-First Corps infantry punches openings through Ottoman defences at Sharon.
Role range: 1914-1918
Nablus Ottoman Collapse
Ottoman forces around Nablus are broken during the Megiddo offensive.
Role range: 1914-1918
Advance on Damascus Ordered
Orders an advance on Damascus
Role range: 1914-1918
Afulah Captured
Forces under his command capture the strategic stronghold of Afulah.
Role range: 1914-1918
Amman Captured
Chaytor's Force captures Amman during the collapse of Ottoman resistance.
Role range: 1914-1918
Beisan Captured
Mounted forces under his command secure Beisan during the Megiddo pursuit.
Role range: 1914-1918
Carmel Defiles Secured
The Desert Mounted Corps secures key defiles through the Carmel Range.
Role range: 1914-1918
Coastal Deception Plan
Conceals the main coastal concentration while deception points Ottoman attention toward the Jordan Valley.
Role range: 1914-1918
Coastal Force Concentration
Secretly concentrates striking forces on the coastal sector before the Megiddo offensive.
Role range: 1914-1918
Damascus Pursuit
Orders the rapid pursuit north toward Damascus after the Megiddo breakthrough.
Role range: 1914-1918
Es Salt Captured
Chaytor's Force captures Es Salt as Ottoman Fourth Army formations retreat.
Role range: 1914-1918
Haifa Secured
British Empire forces secure Haifa during the post-Megiddo advance.
Role range: 1914-1918
Jenin Captured
British Empire mounted troops capture Jenin during the rapid advance.
Role range: 1914-1918
Jordan Crossings Captured
Chaytor's Force captures important Jordan River crossings during Megiddo.
Role range: 1914-1918
Jordan Valley Feint
Uses a feint toward the Jordan Valley to mislead Ottoman commanders before Megiddo.
Role range: 1914-1918
Megiddo Decisive Victory
Megiddo becomes the decisive victory of Allenby's Palestine and Syria campaign.
Role range: 1914-1918
Megiddo Ottoman Losses
The Megiddo victory inflicts catastrophic losses on the Ottoman armies.
Role range: 1914-1918
Megiddo Surprise Plan
Plans a surprise offensive designed to trap Ottoman armies and block their escape.
Role range: 1914-1918
Mobile Pursuit to Syria
Directs a fast-moving pursuit from Palestine into Syria after Megiddo.
Role range: 1914-1918
Nablus Offensive
Twentieth Corps attacks the Ottoman line in the Judean Hills at Nablus.
Role range: 1914-1918
Nazareth Secured
His forces secure Nazareth during the exploitation after the Sharon breakthrough.
Role range: 1914-1918
Ottoman Encirclement
Mounted forces encircle Ottoman formations and restrict their routes of escape.
Role range: 1914-1918
Samakh Secured
Mounted troops secure Samakh as Ottoman forces collapse in northern Palestine.
Role range: 1914-1918
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