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21- Three of the remaining yeomanry regiments, the 1/1st [[Dorset Yeomanry]], the 1/[[1st County of London Yeomanry]], and the 1/1st [[Staffordshire Yeomanry]], which had previously formed part of the [[6th Mounted Brigade|6th]], [[8th Mounted Brigade|8th]] and [[22nd Mounted Brigade]]s, along with newly arrived British Indian Army units transferred from France, formed the [[4th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|4th Cavalry Division]].{{sfn|Wavell|1968|p=183}}{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. II(2), p. 661-662, 667-668}} Another two of the remaining yeomanry regiments, the 1/1st [[Royal Gloucestershire Hussars]] and 1/1st [[Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry]] which had belonged to the [[5th Mounted Brigade|5th]] and [[7th Mounted Brigade]]s, with newly arrived British Indian Army units transferred from France, and the renamed [[15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade]], formed the [[5th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|5th Cavalry Division]]. The 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade had served during the Ottoman [[Raid on Suez Canal]] and in the Sinai and Palestine since December 1914, as the ''Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade.'' Both the 4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions were assigned to the Desert Mounted Corps which had lost the Yeomanry Cavalry Division during the reorganisation.{{sfn|Wavell|1968|p=183}}{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. I, p. 15, 22}}{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. II(1), p. 661-662, 667-668}}</ref>
20- Five of the six brigades in the 4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions were composed of one British [[yeomanry]] and two Indian cavalry regiments.{{sfn|Perrett|1999|p=23}} The sixth brigade (in the 5th Cavalry Division), the 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade, consisted of three regiments of [[Imperial Service Troops]], which represented and were wholly maintained by the Indian [[Princely states]] of Jodhpur, Mysore and Hyderabad.{{sfn|Perrett|1999|p=23}} Eight of the 18 regiments in the six brigades were armed with and called lancers.<ref group="Nota">
=== El grup d'exèrcit Yildirim ===
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