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Encyclopedia > Desert Mounted Corps
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The Desert Mounted Corps was a World War I Allied army corps that operated in the Middle East (Sinai and Palestine) during 1917 and 1918. Originally formed as the Desert Column in February 1917 under the command of General Sir Philip W. Chetwode, it was expanded to a full corps, commanded by Australian General Henry Chauvel, in August 1917 following the reorganisation of the Allied forces by General Allenby after the failure of the Second Battle of Gaza. The DMC was not an Anzac corps -- it contained numerous British and Indian cavalry brigades as well as some French colonial cavalry -- but the Australian and New Zealand units provided the veteran foundation and it was the first army corps to be commanded by an Australian.


As the Desert Column the corps contained the Anzac Mounted Division and the Imperial Mounted Division (later to become the Australian Mounted Division). Following the reorganisation, the corps contained:


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Third Battle of Gaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2427 words)
Even when the two corps assaulting Beersheba—the XX Corps and Desert Mounted Corps—began open movements on 29 October, the Turks remained convinced this was a minor outflanking movement of one infantry and one mounted division and that the main attack would still fall on Gaza.
In a combined assault, the infantry of XX Corps would attack the town from the west while the mounted troops of the Desert Mounted Corps would encircle the town and attack from the south, east and north.
To achieve this, the brigades of the Desert Mounted Corps were required to strike north-west from Beersheba, through the villages of Jemmameh and Huj to the coast, cutting of the retreat of the Turks.
AIF units listed (11730 words)
In January 1918 the battalion was redesignated as XXII Corps Cyclist Battalion and the Australian element was disbanded.
The XIX Brigade, RHA(TF) was allotted to the Australian Mounted Division and comprised 'A' and 'B' Batteries HAC, and the 1st/1st Nottinghamshire Battery RHA(TF).
Corps Motor Transport was re-organised to form a headquarters (absorbed HQ 'K' Supply Column and HQ 'K' Ammunition Park) and six motor transport companies, formed from the supply column and ammunition sub-park allotted to each of the five divisions.
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