page_title: Camel cavalry
hierarchical_section_title: Camel cavalry
caption_attribution_description: العربية: سلاح الهجَّانة العُثمانيّ في بئر السبع قُبيل الانطلاق في حملة تِرعة السويس الأولى لِتحرير مصر من القوَّات البريطانيَّة (1915م). English: The Camel Corps at Beersheba Français&#160;: Cavalerie américaine sur dromadaires à Beer-Sheva. 1915. Türkçe: Birinci Kanal Harekâtı'nda Beersheba'a hareket eden Osmanlı ordusu (1915)
context_page_description: Camel cavalry, or camelry, is a generic designation for armed forces using camels as a means of transportation. Sometimes warriors or soldiers of this type also fought from camel-back with spears, bows or rifles.
  Camel cavalry were a common element in desert warfare throughout history in the Middle East, due in part to the animal's high level of adaptability. They provided a mobile element better suited to work and survive in an arid and waterless environment than the horses of conventional cavalry. The smell of the camel, according to Herodotus, alarmed and disoriented horses, making camels an effective anti-cavalry weapon when employed by the Achaemenid Persians in the Battle of Thymbra.
context_section_description: Camel cavalry, or camelry (French: méharistes, [meaʁist]), is a generic designation for armed forces using camels as a means of transportation. Sometimes warriors or soldiers of this type also fought from camel-back with spears, bows or rifles.
  Camel cavalry were a common element in desert warfare throughout history in the Middle East, due in part to the animal's high level of adaptability. They provided a mobile element better suited to work and survive in an arid and waterless environment than the horses of conventional cavalry. The smell of the camel, according to Herodotus, alarmed and disoriented horses, making camels an effective anti-cavalry weapon when employed by the Achaemenid Persians in the Battle of Thymbra.
caption: Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba during the First Suez Offensive of World War I, 1915.
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