It could be the Allied attack on Gaza and Beersheba, 31 October - 7 November 1917. That campaign, which resulted in the capture of Jerusalem in December, was fought in biblical Philistine territory. 

I can tell you that Allenby was a great General, who captured Jurusalem and destroyed the Ottoman Empire in an afternoon. He devised a superb campaign of deceipt and even dropped 'doped cigarettes' on the Turkish lines before the battle.

Major, the English have been using drugs to surpress the multitudes for centuries.   See China.

 

T-Dog

There was the incident in which a British officer rode up to the Turkish lines and when they fired at him he pretended to be hit, dropped his rucksack and rode back. In the bag (which was stained with his horse's blood) were the "plans" for the Allied attack. It was a ruse, the plans were false, but they diverted Turkish attention from the real objective of the day. It takes a really devious mind to think something like that up.

Mark, thank you for the correction.   Can you please get the Major to write proper english?

 

T-Dog

Tommy

It was the Chinese who forced us to supply them with drugs by making us accept pure silver for Indian Opium.

 

Nearly made us go broke.

Tom... the Chinese government didn't give a shite about their population smoking opium, what they objected to was somebody from the outside making some money out of it, instead of all of it for them. The opium was grown in India, and the Indians hit the roof when they discovered the trade might be in danger and pressured the Brits no end to maintain their living. Also, remember that opium did not carry the baggage it does now, why even Queen Vic took a form of opium, and the Chinese ran opium dens in many major cities throughout Britain. They were the first Chinese takeaways..... but schhhhh, let's not spoil their reputation as victims eh?

NomalParanoia

 

 Here is the story and a link.

 

 http://www.elilabs.com/net/higher-fire/04-96/archive/0453.html

 

 Spach, John Thom, "Allenby And The Last Crusade," MILITARY HISTORY,
March, 1996, (741 Miller Dr. SE, Suite D-2, Suite 300, Leesburg, VA
22075.

     On February 13, 1918, the 60th Division took over the Deir Ibu
Obed-Ras es Suffa-Hezmeh Line from the 53rd Division, and on the next
day, operational orders were issued for an attack on Jericho with the
object of driving the enemy across the Jordan River. Before the main
attack could take place, it was necessary to straighten out the Brit-
ish line by capturing a small village in the hands of the Turks and
directly in front of the 180th Brigade. The village was named Mukhmas,
or Michmash.

     A frontal assault was decided upon. Supported by artillery and
machine guns. The brigade was to move down into the valley separating
the two lines, and at dawn it would storm up the other side, in the
face of the enemy fire. The plan would entail some casualties, but
those were deemed unavoidable. All orders were issued, then the troops
got what rest they could.

     In his bivouac, by the light of a candle, Major Gilbert read his
Bible. When the raid was first discussed, the name Michmash had sound-
ed vaguely familiar, although he could not quite place it. Just as he
was about to put out his candle, he thought he would try one more time
to find the name. At last he found what he was searching for in I
Samuel, Chapter 13 and 14: "And Saul and Jonathan, his son, and the
people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah: but the Philis-
tines encamped in Michmash.

     "Now it came to pass upon a day that Jonathan, the son of Saul,
said unto the young man that bare his armor, 'Come and let us go over
to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side,' but he told
not his father....And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

     "And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over to
the Philistine garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a
sharp rock on the other side: the name of one was Bozez, and the name
of the other Seneh. The forefront of one was situated northward over
against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. And
Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour...'It may be that
the Lord will work for us; for there is no restraint to the Lord to
save by many or by few.'"

     The major read on how Jonathan went through the pass of Michmash,
between Bozez and Seneh, and climbed the hill with his armor-bearer
following behind, until they came to a place high up, about "a half
acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow," and the Philistines
who were sleeping awoke, thought they were surrounded by the armies of
Saul, and the "multitudes melted away" as they fled in disorder. Saul
then attacked with his whole force of 600 men. It was a great victory
for him, and "so the Lord saved Israel that day and the battle passed
over into Bethaven."

     "This pass, these rocky headlands and flat piece of ground are
probably still there," Gilbert told himself. "Very little has changed
in Palestine throughout the centuries." He woke General Watson and in-
formed him of what he had found in the Bible. Together they read the
story over again. Then Watson sent out scouts, who came back and
reported finding the pass, thinly guarded by the Turks, with rock
crags on either side--obviously Bozez and Seneh. Up in Michmash, the
moonlight shone on a flat piece of ground just big enough for a team
to plough.

     Immediately, Watson decided to change the plan of attack. Instead
of the whole brigade, one infantry company advanced in the dead of
night along the pass of Michmash. The few Turks they met were quickly
and silently dealt with. They passed between Bozez and Seneh, climbed
the hillside and, just before dawn, found themselves on the flat piece
of ground. When the Turkish soldiers awoke, they thought they were
surrounded by several British armies and fled in disorder.

     Every enemy soldier who had slept that night in Michmash was
either killed or captured. After thousands of years, the tactics of
Jonathan and Saul had again met with success.

Major, ref #8 - Excellent response.   See arrogance.

 

T-Dog

Tommy, what's the Major's arrogance ? At least we had to travel to shoot our customers up.

 

One of these days I'll find the Google bit about the Poteen wars, and then the Major and I will have last laugh.

That'aboy Flash. Go get'im.