The Tiberias garrison formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of a rearguard stretching Expansion to Samakh and on to Deraa which was intended to cover the retreat Escaping of three Ottoman armies .

Tiberias was captured Conquering by two squadrons of light horse , one from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade supported Supporting by armoured cars , and one from the 4th Light Horse Brigade after fighting Hostile_encounter the Battle of Samakh .

The remainder of the garrison retreated Escaping northwards to form Cause_to_amalgamate a rearguard at Lake Hule with the survivors from the Samakh garrison .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Samakh was fought Hostile_encounter on 25 September 1918 , during the Battle Hostile_encounter of Sharon which together with the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nablus formed Coming_to_be the set piece Battle Hostile_encounter of Megiddo fought from 19 to 25 September 1918 , in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War .

The 4th Light Horse Brigade , Australian Mounted Division was deployed Arranging guarding Patrolling supply Supply columns , and prisoners , before being ordered Arranging to attack Attack and capture Conquering Samakh on the shore of the Sea of Gallilee .

Samakh , in the centre of a rearguard line stretching Expansion from Tiberias through Samakh and on to Deraa was intended to cover Filling the retreat Escaping of three Ottoman armies .

Samakh , in the centre of a rearguard line stretching Expansion from Tiberias through Samakh and on to Deraa was intended to cover Filling the retreat Escaping of three Ottoman armies .

On 20 September , German General Otto Liman von Sanders , the commander of the Yildirim Army Group , ordered Arranging Samakh 's German and Ottoman garrison to prepare GetReady a strong rearguard defence of the town .

By dawn on 25 September , when a regiment and two squadrons of the Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade attacked Attack Samakh , the rearguard was strongly entrenched Hindering .