The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919
Contents
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- [covers]
- [dedication]
- Contents p. iv
- [squadron badges] p. v.
- Foreword p. vi.
- Errata. — Under Illustrations
- [frontispiece]
- The Story of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles
- Chapter I. — On the Formation of the Regiment, its Embarkation and Voyage to Egypt p. 1
- Chapter II. — Of the Training at Zeitoun p. 11
- Chapter III. — Of the Voyage to and Arrival at Anzac and of Life in the Trenches p. 23
- Chapter IV. — Of the Desperate August Fighting and the Move to New Country p. 45
- Chapter V. — Of the Final Days at Anzac and How the Regiment came away p. 69
- Chapter VI. — How the Regiment Returned to the Horses p. 79
- Chapter VII. — Of the Crossing of the Canal and the Advance into the Sinai Desert p. 92
- Chapter VIII. — Of the Battle called Romani, but which might have been named the Second Battle of Pelusium p. 106
- Chapter IX. — How the Regiment reached the River of Egypt over against the Borders of Palestine p. 118
- Chapter X. — Of the Battle of Rafa and the First Crossing of the Boundary into Palestine p. 130
- Chapter XI. — Of the Advance into Palestine and the First Battle of Gaza p. 139
- Chapter XII. — Of the 2nd Battle of Gaza and the Holding of the Wadi Ghuzze p. 151
- Chapter XIII. — Of the Breaking at Beersheba of the Turkish Line p. 166
- Chapter XIV. — How the Brigade Rode Through the Plain of the Philistines p. 174
- Chapter XV. — How the Regiment Went Up to Jerusalem and Through the Wilderness to Jericho p. 192
- Chapter XVI. — How the Regiment Crossed the Jordan For the First Time p. 203
- Chapter XVII. — Down by Jericho p. 219
- Chapter XVIII. — How the Regiment Crossed the Jordan for the Last Time p. 230
- Chapter XIX. — Of the Return to the Battlefields of Gallipoli p. 243
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- Appendix A — The Thoroughbred, Racing, and Remounts p. 253
- Appendix B — Killed in Action, etc p. 257
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Appendix C p. 263
- Awards of Decorations and Medals p. 263
- A Regimental Diary p. 265