Attached). This party remained at Basal till 8 a.m., as previously arranged. The remainder of this patrol kept well away from Lieutenant Taylor's party and sniped at it for a considerable time from the adjoining ridges. The Turkish Army was now cut in two, and the Regiment's duty from 18th November was to assist in holding the left half of our line. A small patrol was then sent out by 'C' Squadron from 'Star,' 'Shell' and 'Scrap posts, and they reported 150-200 enemy sheltering under high bank east of Wadi Mellalah. dangerous looking that men would not willingly go into them. This enabled a person to sit down inside the cover. They opened fire with machine. These were the telescopes that were originally issued to the regimental signallers. In 1918, they were positioned on the River Jordan, fighting two small battles at Amman in February and Es Salt in April and May. Now is reached the very remarkable incident of the surrender of the Maan force at Ziza - an incident probably unique in the whole annals of warfare. The Section Commander (General Lawrence) issued a complimentary Order on this operation, particularly referring to the co-operation above referred to. On the 26th the Regiment entrained for Damanhour, where headquarters were established and from there squadron moved out on patrols. chiefly, of rapid dismounting by troops and forming rings of riflemen round the horses. The track was with difficulty kept open long enough for us to reach the valley unmolested, except for ineffective shelling, and the camp across the Jordan was reached at 10 a.m. on the 4th May. The Regiment accordingly left Brisbane without any public demonstration or send-off. On arriving at Serapeum, part of the Regiment was engaged in occupying the Suez Canal Defences. In the event of an enemy raid, there would have been no time to put on boots or clothes. Dougherty, C. Stanfield, E. A. F. The patrol on nearing Basal noticed Turkish cavalry at Khasif. O'Connor, W. (Ryrie), New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade (Chaytor), and the 22nd Mounted (Yeomanry) Brigade (Fryer) and the Imperial Mounted Division under General Hodgson consisting of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade (Royston), 4th Light Horse Brigade (Meredith), 5th Mounted (Yeomanry) Brigade (Wiggins), and the 6th Mounted (Yeomanry) Brigade (Pitt). Williamson, B. The country was particularly broken, and it was extremely hard to march by compass bearings, as the whole place was intersected with deep gorges. The High Command was very anxious to know where the Turkish attack was likely to eventuate: whether through Dueidar or more to the South, or whether it would be made through Romani. Stevens, H. P. But our spirits were still buoyant. As we now know, these defensive systems were not subsequently required, but 'better be sure than sorry' is a good motto for soldiers as well as civilians. Some of the Turks were killed, the others retired to the trenches on the east slope of the Ridge. The 6th Regiment and Lieutenant Broughton duly returned to camp without any alarm being given. As soon as the camp settled down, systematic training for mounted operations was commenced. The Regiment returned to camp, via Bada, arriving at Dueidar at 11.55 a.m., on the 3rd.