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The main theater that remained relevant for cavalry operations was in the Middle East, where commanders found a place for its greater mobility, though the units here too were used more as mounted infantry. The cavalry’s greatest effect on the campaign occurred upon the arrival of General Allenby in the summer of 1917. The desert mounted corps, one of three corps comprising the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, contained three cavalry divisions – the Australian light horse (Australian mounted division), the ANZAC mounted, and the yeomanry mounted. This unit significantly influenced Allenby’s Palestine Campaign, especially the assault on Beersheeba on 27 October 1917. In this engagement, the Australian fourth light horse brigade followed the infantry and artillery attack with a mounted charge. As noted historian Hew Strachan relates,

This was a campaign in which cavalry still had a role to play… “Men are remarking,” noted one exultant trooper of the Australian Light Horse, “how the Turk fights till the very last charge, until the pounding hooves are upon him, then he drops his rifle and runs screaming.”5

The assault reignited the discussion of cavalry and the arme blanche.6

Douglas Kennedy, United States Air Force Academy

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