Under the influence of this idea, he was led to place practically the whole of his IVth Army east of the Jordan, which was thus separated by the river, with its deep and difficult channel, from the remainder of his forces in the Judæan Hills. It was this fact that enabled us, in the following September, to envelop and completely destroy the VIIth and VIIIth Armies, before the IVth Army could intervene.
The River Jordan at Ghoranigeh.
Shunet Nimrin and the Amman Road. Looking east, towards the positions held by the enemy.
FOOTNOTES:
[20] See Appendix I. a for composition of Desert Mounted Corps after the reorganisation.