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Saturday, 24 October 2009

Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Contents
Topic: BatzS - Romani

Battle of Romani

Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916

Contents

The Battle of Romani was the first major engagement after Gallipoli which involved the Light Horse working as a mounted formation.

Items

Outline
Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, British Forces
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, Smith's Column, British and Australian Casualties
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Brigade
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade

Pictures
Encampment near Romani, August 1916

Maps
General
1:125,000 map of Romani area
1:40,000 Maps
1:40,000 map of Mt Meredith area
1:40,000 map of Mt Royston area
1:40,000 map of Dueidar, Hassaia and Nuss area
1:40,000 map of Bir el Abd area
British War History
Official British War History map of Romani, 4 August 1916

Unit Accounts Map
1st ALHR AIF account map
German Map
1:250,000 German map of Romani area
Romani and Bir el Abd
Official Turkish Account Map

Order of Battle

Turkish

1 nci Kuvvei Seferiye (1st Expeditionary Force)

British

No. 3 Section Canal Defences

Australian and New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division

Accounts
German
Liman von Sanders Account

Allied Official War History Accounts
Australia
Gullett Australian Official History account about Katia
Gullett Australian Official History account about Romani
New Zealand
Powles New Zealand Official History account about Romani
British
The British Occupation of Romani
The Turkish Advance
The Turkish Attack on The 4th August
The Pursuit on The 5th August
The end of the pursuit
The Results of the Battle
Turkish and German Forces Engaged
Distribution of E.E.F., 27 July 1916
The State of The Royal Flying Corps in Egypt at the time of the Battle of Romani
The Evacuation of the Wounded

Analysis
Romani and Bir el Abd summary, Keogh Account

War Diary Accounts
Australia

General Staff Headquarters, Anzac Mounted Division, AIF, War Diary Account

Anzac Mounted Division Artillery, AIF, War Diary Account

1st Light Horse Brigade Account
1st LH Bde, AIF, War Diary Appendix Account

1st Light Horse Field Ambulance Account

1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron Account

1st ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
2nd ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
Account of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment's participation in the Battle of Romani, War Diary, Appendix 4.
3rd ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
2nd Light Horse Brigade Account

2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance Account

2nd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron Account

5th ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
5th LHR, AIF account about the Battle of Romani, Killed in Action
6th ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
7th ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
3rd Light Horse Brigade Account

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance Account - No War Diary entries for July and August

3rd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron Account

8th ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
9th ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
10th ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account
11th ALHR, AIF, War Diary, account - Bir el Aweidia

New Zealand War Diaries

New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade Account

Auckland Mounted Rifles Account

Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment Account

Wellington Mounted Rifles Account

British War Diaries

42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division War Diary Account
125th Infantry Brigade War Diary Account
126th Infantry Brigade War Diary Account
127th Infantry Brigade War Diary Account
52nd (Lowland) Division, War Diary Account
157th Infantry Brigade War Diary Account
157th Infantry Brigade War Diary Account, Appendix- The Mass Heatstroke March

Unit Histories
Australia
1st ALHR AIF account
2nd ALHR AIF account
3rd ALHR AIF account
5th LHR, AIF account
6th LHR, AIF account
7th LHR, AIF account
3rd LHFA, AIF, Unit History Account
8th LHR, AIF account
9th LHR, AIF account
10th LHR, AIF account
11th LHR, AIF account - Bir el Aweidia

New Zealand
AMR, NZMRB account
CMR, NZMRB account
WMR, NZMRB account

British
5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, Unit History Account

Newspaper Accounts
New York Times account of Romani, 6 August 1916
London Times account of Romani, 10 August 1916

Individual Accounts
859 Corporal Francis Patrick Curran, 7th LHR

Further Reading:

Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916

Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Contents

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Updated: Monday, 30 November 2009 7:49 AM EAST

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