Brig.-General Cox on River Jordan 119 A Wallad of Palestine 120 “Tower of the Forty” 123 Mosque of Omar 124 The Midday Halt 126 Brig.-General C. L. Smith, V.C., M.C. 127 Our Water Supply 127 Watering Time, Camel Brigade 129 “Prepare to Mount” 129 Camels bearing Supplies on the Philistine Plain 131 Bedouins Captured at Hassaniya 133 Street Market, Jerusalem 133 Bedouin Village 134 Turkish Prisoners, Nablus 134 Mrs. Chisholm’s Canteen at Kantara 146 Bethlehem 147 Troopers entering Jericho 148 Damascus 148 Finish 154 Preface “Australia in Palestine” should prove of great interest to the people of Australia, and especially to those whose lives have been spent outside the great cities, for it includes a record of the achievements of their “very own”—the horsemen of Australia, and of the Flying Corps and the Anzac Section of the Imperial Camel Corps, which were recruited from them, and co-operated with them in the greatest war yet known to history. The Australian Light Horseman—and under this name I include the Field and Signal Engineers and Medical Services connected with him, who come from the same stock—is of a type peculiarly his own and has no counterpart that I know of except in his New Zealand brother. His fearlessness, initiative and endurance, and his adaptability to almost any task, are due to the adventurous life he leads in his own country, where he has been accustomed to long hours in the saddle, day and night, and to facing danger of all sorts from his earliest youth. Perhaps these qualities are inherited from his pioneer parents. His invariable good humour under the most adverse conditions comes from the good-fellowship and camaraderie which exists in the free and open life of the Australian Bush. His chivalry comes from the same source, and it is one of his strongest points. In other words, the life he has been accustomed to lead has fitted him to become, with training and discipline, second to no cavalry soldier in the world.