Desert Mounted Corps

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:awardedBy battle honors
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Harry_Chauvel
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Imperial_Camel_Corps
gptkb:Australian_Light_Horse
gptkbp:disbanded 1919
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Sinai_and_Palestine_Campaign
gptkbp:formed 1916
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Cairo
gptkbp:historicalContext part_of_the_larger_Middle_Eastern_theater
gptkbp:historicalEvent Battle of Beersheba 1917
Battle of Gaza 1917
Battle of Jericho 1918
Battle of Magdhaba 1917
Battle of Romani 1916
Battle of Tell el Kebir 1916
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed_to_the_defeat_of_Ottoman_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Desert Mounted Corps
gptkbp:influencedBy Australian_military_culture
British_cavalry_traditions
gptkbp:involvedIn reconnaissance missions
gptkbp:knownFor mounted infantry tactics
gptkbp:legacy influenced modern cavalry tactics
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Desert_Corps
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Jericho
Battle of Beersheba
Battle of Gaza
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_Monash
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_William_Grant
gptkb:Major_General_Edward_Chaytor
gptkbp:operatesIn Middle_East
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkbp:operationalStatus secured the Suez Canal
captured_Beersheba
defeated_Turkish_forces
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Romani
Battle of Magdhaba
Battle of Tell el Kebir
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Australian_Imperial_Force
gptkbp:relatedPatent camels
horses
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Australian_Corps
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Royal_Flying_Corps
gptkbp:uses flanking maneuvers
cavalry charges