 Haifa was captured from the Ottomans in September 1918 by Indian horsemen of the British Army after overrunning Ottoman positions armed with spears and swords . On 22 September , British troops were heading to Nazareth when a reconnaissance report was received indicating that the Turks were leaving Haifa . The British made preparations to enter the city and came under fire in the Balad al @-@ Sheikh district ( today Nesher ) . After the British regrouped , an elite unit of Indian horsemen were sent to attack the Turkish positions on the flanks and overrun their artillery guns on Mount Carmel . 
 Haifa was captured from the Ottomans in September 1918 by Indian horsemen of the British Army after overrunning Ottoman positions armed with spears and swords . On 22 September , British troops <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> heading to Nazareth when a reconnaissance report was received indicating that the Turks <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> leaving Haifa . The British made preparations to enter the city and<a href='been_done' title='3'><mark></mark></a> came under fire in the Balad al @-@ Sheikh district ( today Nesher ) . After the British regrouped , an elite unit of Indian horsemen <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> sent to attack the Turkish positions on the flanks and overrun their artillery guns on Mount Carmel . 
Haifa was captured from da Ottomans in September 1918 by Indian horsemen of the British Army after overrunning Ottoman positions armed w/ spears and swords . On 22 September , British troops was heading to Nazareth when a reconnaissance report was received indicating dat tdaTurks was leaving Haifa . The British made preparations to enter the city and been came under fire in thdaalad al @-@ Sheikh district ( todayy Nesher ) . After the British regrouped , an elite unit of Indian horsemen was sent to attack the Turkish positions on thedaanks and overrun their artillery guns on Mount Carmel .