Campanya del Sinaí i Palestina: diferència entre les revisions

 

=== L'estiu als turons de Judea ===

47- During the summer of 1918 the main focus of the war was naturally on the Western Front; the [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] (CIGS) at the [[War Office]] in London could only offer Allenby railway construction men, and a possible increase in shipping to increase Allenby's supplies. [[Sir Henry Wilson]] had a plan for extend the railways after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. "I want to see Aleppo joined to Mosul joined to Baku joined to the Urals joined to the Japanese army; and from that base an advance against the Boches."<ref>Carta de Wilson a Allenby del 29 de maig de 1918 (citat en [Hughes 2004, p. 157-158].</ref>

 

 

45- The Palestine front was relatively quiet during the late spring and summer of 1918 with the exception of some brief fighting in midsummer. During the hot summer months of 1918 several British mainly small scale raids were made to improve Allied positions on the coastal plain and in the Judean Hills. These was one small British attack designed to improve the front on the coast, several British raids including one very large scale raid and one minor Ottoman attack.<ref group="Nota">Una comparació dels esbosos de mapes 18 i 30 de Falls mostra que la línia del front va avançar al nord, cap a les [[muntanyes de Judea]] (uns 5 km), entre finals de desembre de 1917 i setembre de 1918, per finalment seguir cap a Nahr el Auja a l'est des de la costa mediterrània, al llarg de el Wadi Deir Ballut i com a conseqüència de la presa de [[Jericó]] i l'ocupació de la [[vall del Jordà]], al llarg del Wadi el Auja fins al [[riu Jordà]].</ref>{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. II(2), p. 425}}{{sfn|Bruce|2002|p=203}}{{sfn|Erickson|2007|p=132}}

 

44- On 8 June 1918 the 7th (Meerut) Division attacked two hills {{convert|1|mi|km}} from the sea. Their objectives were quickly taken after the 03:45 assault on 9 June by [[21st (Bareilly) Brigade]] but the Ottoman defenders counterattacked at 06:40 after heavily shelling the Indian brigade; these counterattacks being repulsed. British casualties were 63 killed and 204 wounded; 110 prisoners were captured along with two heavy and five light machine guns. The two hills which had been useful observation posts to the Ottoman Army units were consolidated and remained in British control.<ref group="Nota">S'ha afirmat que dos batallons van lluitar contra l'operació Arsuf. [Wavell 1968, p. 190]</ref>{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. II(1), p. 425-426}}