1874
Palestine Survey Appointment
Joins the Survey of Western Palestine and works on detailed military and geographical mapping.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Palestine in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Joins the Survey of Western Palestine and works on detailed military and geographical mapping.
Completes major stages of field survey work that improve British geographical knowledge of Palestine.
Makes frequent front-line visits to improve morale after assuming EEF command.
Encourages irregular operations against Ottoman communications.
Combines infantry operations with mobile mounted formations during the Palestine advance.
The Beersheba manoeuvre turns the Ottoman southern defensive position.
His organisational and operational changes revitalise the British campaign in Palestine.
Restores mobile warfare to the Palestine campaign after the earlier failures at Gaza.
Uses personal visits and energetic command to raise morale in the Palestine force.
The Gaza victory opens the road for the British advance toward Jerusalem.
Rebuilds the Egyptian Expeditionary Force before resuming offensive operations.
Postpones a major renewed advance while formations are transferred to France.
Loses troops to reinforce the Western Front during the German Spring Offensive.
Conceals the main coastal concentration while deception points Ottoman attention toward the Jordan Valley.
Secretly concentrates striking forces on the coastal sector before the Megiddo offensive.
Arab forces disrupt Ottoman lines of communication as Allenby's Megiddo offensive begins.
Sends the Desert Mounted Corps through the breakthrough into the Ottoman rear.
British troops restore order in Palestine
Takes command of 8th Infantry Division in Palestine after promotion to major-general.
Appointed High Commissioner of Palestine & Trans
Appointed High Commissioner of Palestine & Trans
Appointed Commander in Chief, Middle East
Visits Palestine and hears competing arguments about immigration, settlement and political government.
Provenance
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