{"html":"  \u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-images\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-image js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor \"\n        style=\"background-image: url(https://digitize-vwma.s3.amazonaws.com/I/images/36665/photo/zoom_ART02872.JPG)\"\u003e\n      \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-description with-image\"\u003e\n  \u003ch4 class=\"js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor\"\u003eEs Salt Raid\u003c/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Es Salt Raid\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEs Salt, a village in Palestine 23 km west of Amman, was the scene of heavy fighting between 30 April and 3 May 1918.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTheir 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.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly 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.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}