British troops relax at their trench line in the Mesopotanian desert, as others interrogate an Ottoman "spy" with help of a man and a woman interpreters. The captured Turk sits on the back of a British Lanchester armored car, as the woman speaks with him. He then speaks to another interpreter standing to his right.
Shows Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) troops leading and securing fresh horses and mules into railroad cars in Cairo, Egypt during World War 1.
British cavalry engaged in early morning training at a desert encampment in Cairo, Egypt, during World War 1. The mounted cavalry execute maneuvers in formation. Then they line up opposing one another and charge, passing through each others lines. Later, they are seen moving along the shore of the Nile River,with the British Army barracks in the background.Finally, they proceed up a sand slope past a windmill.
A caravan of British troops on camels, proceeds from the captured city of Jerusalem, to engage Ottoman forces in Palestine. They are seen moving across the desert in a line that appears to stretch for a mile. Scene changes to remains of a well and its apparatus that has been destroyed by retreating Ottoman forces.
Turkish prisoners of war being marched in formation under guard of British soldiers, in Palestine, during World War 1. British officers enter a building containing large quantities of captured enemy weapons and equipment.
British Army Engineer troops are seen laying and setting sections of railroad track in the desert, during the Palestine campaign of World War 1. The materials needed are carried by a flatcar which moves along the new track as it is installed. Several of the troops rest momentarily, next to a steam locomotive that has been backing the supply train along the track.
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