 During the final offensive in September 1918, the two divisions of Australian mounted troops, as well as the 1st Light Car Patrol and No.1 Squadron AFC, took part in Battle of Megiddo on 28 September 1918, a decisive British victory in which 70,000 Turkish soldiers were taken prisoner.The Desert Mounted Corps attacked across the Golan Heights, cutting off the north and north-west exits to Damascus on 29 September.