Australia in Palestine
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AUSTRALIA IN PALESTINE
GENERAL SIR EDMUND H. ALLENBY, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
SYDNEY
ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.
89 CASTLEREAGH STREET
1919
Nineteenth Thousand
Printed by
W. C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., 183 Pitt Street, Sydney
London Agents: The Oxford University Press
Unknown
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Editors’ Note
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
Preface
AROUND ROMANI
THE TURKISH ADVANCE
FIGHTING IN THE DARK
KATIA
BIR EL ABD
ON THE FLANK
MAGDHABA
RAFA
DESERT ADVENTURES
FIRST GAZA
AMONG THE CACTUS
SECOND GAZA
BEERSHEBA
GALLOPING THE TRENCHES
A FAMOUS CHARGE
UP THE PHILISTINE PLAIN
JERUSALEM AND JERICHO
AMMAN
ES SALT
JORDAN VALLEY
PREPARING FOR DAMASCUS
AUSTRALIA’S NEW FRIENDS
THE WONDERFUL FORTNIGHT
A BOLD SCHEME
CAMOUFLAGE
THE NIGHT BEFORE
THE ADVANCE
THE GREAT RIDE BEGINS
ESDRAELON PLAIN
DOOMED TURKISH ARMY
CUT OFF
TERRIBLE AIR WORK
FINE STAFF WORK
GERMANS FIGHT WELL
EAST OF JORDAN
THE RACE FOR DAMASCUS
GREAT-HEARTED HORSES
ABANA GORGE
EXULTANT ARABS
THE GALLOP INTO DAMASCUS
VETERANS
BEAUTIFUL DAMASCUS
THE ANZACS’ PART
AMMAN CAPTURED
ARABS AND TURKS
THE TECHNICAL SERVICES
THE M.O.
THE A.S.C.
Anthem Bells
Palestine Poppies
Farming in Arcady
“Standing to.”
A WALER’S STORY
THE HORSES STAY BEHIND
One Too Many
A Night March
A Gloomy Outlook
Reconciliation
Mail Day
A Day Over the Lines
Mounts and Remounts
Concerning Medical Blokes
The Signal Service
Battle Song
The Little Bint of Wady Hanein
Algy, Misfit
Palestine
The Camel Brigade
RESTING
THE MUKHTAR’S GOATS
The Batman
Damascus
Malaria
Fall Out the 1914 Men
“Old Horse o’ Mine”
Concerning Machine Guns
Delivered!
