Es Salt Raid (World War 1, 30 April 1918 to 3 May 1918)

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The Es Salt Raid

Es Salt, a village in Palestine 23 km west of Amman, was the scene of heavy fighting between 30 April and 3 May 1918.

The fighting occurred as part of the second "raid" mounted east of the Jordan River by General Sir Edmund Allenby's Egyptian Expeditionary Force. The actual raiding troops - the Australian Mounted, ANZAC Mounted, and British 60th Infantry Divisions, and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade - were commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Harry Chauvel.

Their aim was to secure a launching point for operations against the key railway junction at Deraa. The operation progressed well initially with Es Salt being seized by the evening of 30 April.

Increasingly determined Turkish resistance, including counter-attacks that threatened the flanks and rear of the advanced elements of the raiding force, eventually forced a withdrawal back to the Jordan on 3 May 1918.

The raid failed in its objectives but did serve a purpose in that it encouraged Turkish commanders to believe Allenby's next major effort would be launched across the Jordan, when in fact it would be launched along the coastal plain.

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KIDMAN, Roy Keith

Service number S5347
Major
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 5 Feb 1893

ANDERSON, Colin

Service number N2909
Lieutenant Colonel
WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 30 Nov 1890

PRIESTLEY, Phillip Henry

Service number COMMI...
Major
8th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 23 Dec 1871

FARLOW, Harold Hamilton

Service number 2308A
Trooper
11th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 15 Nov 1889

RATTRAY, Lawrence Wilfred

Service number 118848
Sergeant
Born 3 Aug 1896

HAMILTON, John Helenus Scott

Service number 156
Private
11th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 27 Apr 1888

RUSHTON, James

Service number 942
Sergeant
3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
AIF WW1
Born 1891

HEINZ, Ernest Ted

Service number 1128
Trooper
11th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born Jul 1892

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