General Otto Liman von Sanders, Falkenhayn's successor as German commander of the Turkish forces in Syria-­Palestine, is convinced that the British will make their main effort east of the Jordan.

Allenby, however, is really interested in taking a straight northerly direction, reckoning that the Palestine branch rail line at 'Afula and ...

His army now bolstered by reinforcements, Allenby strikes in the west on September 19, 1918, with a numerical superiority of ten to one, having by ruse and diversion induced the Turks to reduce their strength here.

In this Battle of Megiddo, a British infantry attack sweeps the astonished defenders aside and opens the way for the cavalry, which rides thirty miles north up the coastal corridor before swinging inland to cut the Turks' northward lines of retreat.

The Jewish Legion defeats a Turkish army at Umm Esh-shert Ford on September 22.

The campaign ends with the capture of Aleppo and the junction of the Baghdad Railway.

In thirty-eight days, Allenby's forces have advanced three hundred and fifty miles and taken seventy-five thousand prisoners at a cost of less than five thousand casualties.

Both the Jewish Brigades (38th and 39th) have played an active role in the offensive.

The Arabs have already severed the railway line and are lying in wait intercept the Turks' withdrawal eastward east of the Jordan River.

Simultaneously, two more British divisions and another force of Arabs under Faisal are racing on toward Damascus, which falls on October 1-3.