On 11 September " Divisional Order 32 ", detailed the march to the divisional assembly area near Ypres and on 14 September " Instruction No . 2 " of Order 31, added details of the artillery plan and laid down routes for the approach march.
32.
Later they were reunited and on 19 June, after carrying out a grueling approach march over difficult terrain, the 2 / 25th launched its only major attack of the campaign in an effort to retake the town of Merdjayoun after a Vichy counterattack had recaptured it a few days earlier.
33.
Ever since the victory against an Egyptian army at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, the standard British tactic against an entrenched position was an approach march at night in close order to maintain cohesion, followed by deployment into open order within a few hundred yards of the objective and a frontal attack with the bayonet at first light.
34.
Soon however readiness again declined; on 27 May, the day of the large counterattack by 4 DCR to reduce the Somme bridgehead of Amiens, the battalion could only bring into the field seventeen tanks and failed miserably : the intended accompanying French infantry fled in panic when the tanks completed their approach march behind them, mistaking the rare type for German armour.
35.
While the base camp on the Rongbuk Glacier can be accessed by jeep and the south side of Everest can be reached after a multi-day hike using fortified lodges for overnight stays, the Kangshung Glacier can only be reached following an approach march of several days from Khata, including crossing via the Shao La or Langma La passes into the Kama valley.
36.
Medical orderlies rode donkeys, mules pulled the supply wagons, stretcher bearers rode horses and more horses pulled the ambulances while camels carried the Tent Division, " a complete Light Horse Field Ambulance, for the first time on record . " Ten days of concentration and approach marches across the difficult and waterless country in " extreme secrecy " successfully culminated on 31 October 1917 with the capture of Beersheba.
