Dividing his army into three mobile columns, he worked his way around the French lines of communication and forced them to withdraw quickly.
12.
At Romani, the 11th Light Horse formed part of a mobile column of light horse and took part in the defence of the Suez Canal.
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The site remained, however, the only feasible venue for the mobile column, as the heavy vehicles could not be driven onto the stadium track.
14.
On 3 May 2 / 6th Bn provided 450 men for No 1 Mobile Column under its CO, Lt-Col H . S . Hodgkin.
15.
The ruinous devastation of the countryside severely hurt the Emir's war-making efforts, as did the seizure of his strongholds by the mobile columns.
16.
Aware of the advancing French, the Italians organized once more a strong mobile column from the Saharan company ( 70 men, 10 AS37 and 5 trucks ).
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As part of the defence of the area, Henrys established three " Groupes Mobile ", mobile columns of troops who could react quickly to threats.
18.
On 31 December, the troops on the northern flank withdrew behind Sabdaret, with patrols forward at Serobatib and Adardet and a mobile column in Sabdaret for contingencies.
19.
;April 11 : The elite unit of the FARC " Mobile Column Arturo Ruiz " kidnapped 12 deputies in Cali from the Building of the Valle del Cauca Department Assembly.
20.
The parade preparations started on April 11 12 for all the units as the mobile column of more than a hundred military vehicles finished up their practice runs on the field.
