Victoria University of Wellington Library
The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919
Contents
Contents.
Foreword by
Major-General Sir A. H. Russell
, K.C.B., K.C.M.G
vi.
Chapter
I
On the Formation of the Regiment, its Embarkation and Voyage to Egypt
1
II.
Of the Training at Zeitoun
11
III.
Of the Voyage to and Arrival at Anzac and of Life in the Trenches
23
IV.
Of the Desperate Fighting and the Move to New Country
45
V.
Of the Final Days at Anzac and How the Regiment came away
69
VI.
How the Regiment returned to the Horses
79
VII.
Of the Crossing of the Canal and the Advance into the Sinai Desert
92
VIII.
Of the Battle called Romani, but which might have been named the Second Battle of Pelusium
106
IX.
How the Regiment reached the River of Egypt over against the Borders of Palestine
118
X.
Of the Battle of Rafa and the First Crossing of the Boundary into Palestine
130
XI.
Of the Advance into Palestine and the First Battle of Gaza
139
XII.
Of the Second Battle of Gaza and the Holding of the Wadi Ghuzze
151
XIII.
Of the Breaking at Beersheba of the Turkish Line
166
XIV.
How the Regiment Rode Through the Plain of the Philistines
174
XV.
How the Regiment Went Up to Jerusalem and Through the Wilderness of Jericho
192
XVI.
How the Regiment Crossed the Jordan for the First Time
203
XVII.
Down by Jericho
219
XVIII.
How the Regiment Crossed the Jordan for the Last Time
230
Appendices
A.
The Thoroughbred, Racing and Remounts: By
Major J. Stafford
, D.S.O., N.Z. Veterinary Corps
253
B.
Killed in Action, etc.
257
C.
Awards of Decorations and Medals
263
A Regimental Diary
265