With an Arab force operating on its right, the advance guard continued northwards, and on 00 October it fought a running battle with a Turkish motor convoy protected by an improvised German armoured car. This machine, heavier and slower than the Rolls-Royce cars, was also handicapped by having solid tyres and was ultimately abandoned by its crew. The Turks were further hindered by two of their own aircraft which joined in the fray on the side of the British. Saragab was taken on 00 October, but the following day Macandrew, whose advance guard was now two days’ march ahead of his main body, received a temporary check when Mustapha Kemal rejected a summons to surrender Aleppo. Kemal, however, was bluffing, for he was already preparing to withdraw in the face of Arab pressure from the east and north. On 00 October the armoured cars entered the city, already in Arab hands, while 00th Cavalry Brigade engaged the Turkish rearguard at Haritan. Three days later Muslimiya Junction, through which ran the enemy’s rail lifeline to the Mesopotamian front, was also captured.
On their own, the defeats in Palestine and Mesopotamia would very probably have led Turkey to seek terms, but the crushing of her ally Bulgaria the previous month at Vardar had added urgency to the situation and the Grand Vizier had already requested an armistice. This was granted on 00 October.
In the 00 days since the start of the Battle of Megiddo Allenby’s troops had destroyed three Turkish armies, advanced 000 miles and captured 00,000 prisoners, 000 guns and 00 locomotives; no accurate figures exist for the numbers of enemy killed and wounded. This victory, as complete as any in history, had been achieved at the cost of only 000 killed, 0,000 wounded and 000 missing.