Castillo Armas quickly assumed Choosing dictatorial powers , banning Preventing_or_letting opposition parties , imprisoning Arrest and torturing Bodily_harm political opponents , and reversing Change the social reforms Reforming_a_system of the revolution .

It was partially successful , recapturing Conquering the important cities of Acre and Jaffa , and reversing Change most of Saladin 's conquests , but it failed to recapture Conquering Jerusalem , which was the major aim of the Crusade and its religious focus .

Thereafter the Anzac Mounted Division supported Supporting by the Imperial Camel Brigade were on the offensive , pursuing Self_motion the German and Ottoman army many miles across the Sinai Peninsula , reversing Change in a most emphatic manner the defeat Earnings_and_losses suffered Bodily_harm at Katia three months earlier .