page_title: Pursuit to Haritan
section_title: Yildirim Army Group
hierarchical_section_title: Pursuit to Haritan / Aftermath / Yildirim Army Group
caption_attribution_description: Türkçe: Mustafa Kemal Paşa, Yıldırım Ordular Grubu Komutanlığı sırasında (1918). Üzerindeki, Padişahın Onursal Yaveri olduğunu simgeleyen şerittir.English: Atatürk, while Commander of the Army (1918). Kemal Atatürk (or alternatively written as Kamâl Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1934, commonly referred to as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President from 1923 until his death in 1938. He undertook sweeping progressive reforms, which modernized Turkey into a secular, industrial nation. Ideologically a secularist and nationalist, his policies and theories became known as Kemalism. Due to his military and political accomplishments, Atatürk is regarded as one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century.Français&#160;: Atatürk, tandis que Le commandant de l'armée (1918).Deutsch: Atatürk, während Kommandeur der Armee (1918).Español: Atatürk, mientras que el Comandante del Ejército (1918).Português: Atatürk, enquanto Comandante do Exército (1918).Italiano: Atatürk, quando era il Comandante dell'esercito (1918).Русский: Ататюрка, в то время командующий армией (1918).Ελληνικά: Ατατούρκ, ενώ διοικητής του στρατού (1918).中文（繁體）‎: 穆斯塔法·凱末爾，而軍隊的指揮官(1918)。العربية: (1918).أتاتورك، في حين أن قائد الجيش
context_page_description: The Pursuit to Haritan occurred between 29 September and 26 October 1918 when the XXI Corps and Desert Mounted Corps of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force pursued the retreating remnants of the Yildirim Army Group advanced north from Damascus after that city was captured on 1 October during the final weeks of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. The infantry and corps cavalry advanced from Haifa and Acre to capture the Mediterranean ports at Beirut and Tripoli between 29 September and 9 October. These captures enabled the inland pursuit to be supplied when the Desert Mounted Corps' 5th Cavalry Division resumed the pursuit on 5 October. The cavalry division occupied one after the other, Rayak, Homs, Hama. Meanwhile, Prince Feisal's Sherifial Force which advanced on the cavalry division's right flank, attacked and captured Aleppo during the night of 25/26 October after an unsuccessful daytime attack. The next day the 15th Cavalry Brigade charged a retreating column and attacked a rearguard during the Charge at Haritan near Haritan which was at first reinforced but subsequently withdrew further north.
context_section_description: Liman von Sanders was recalled to Constantinople on 30 October when Ahmet Izzet Pasa, the Ottoman Minister of War appointed Mustafa Kemal Pasa to command the Yildirim Army Group headquartered at Adana. Here Mustafa Kemal began to plan the defense of Anatolia with the Ottoman Army still "in the field."
  The force Mustapha Kemal commanded "would have met the fate of the rest within a few weeks, when a frontal attack would have been combined with a landing at Alexandretta." It was saved by the Armistice.
caption: Mustafa Kemal Pasha as the Commander of the Yıldırım Army Group, 1918.
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