 Following the victories at the Battle of Sharon and Battle of Nablus during the Battle of Megiddo, and the Capture of Damascus, remnants of the Seventh and Eighth Armies retreated in columns towards Damascus from the Judean Hills.Rearguards at Samakh, at Tiberias and at Jisr Benat Yakub were captured by the Australian Mounted Division.Remnants of the Fourth Army also retreated in columns towards Damascus along the Pilgrims' Road from Amman.