Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron (Paperback)


Excerpt: ...the day men were allowed to bathe in the river. All wheels had to be covered over during the day in order to prevent the wood shrinking; if this had not been done, very little transport could have been brought out of the valley at the end of the Brigade's tour of duty There is, a little over a mile east of the Jordan, a series of low isolated hills; upon these was situated 101 our line of defence. Each hill, fortified with barbed-wire and trenches, constituted a "post." This line was held by Indian Infantry, the regiments of the cavalry brigade providing the patrols in "no man's land," which, several miles wide, was intersected by thousands of wadis (providing excellent cover for a stealthy enemy), also a certain amount of tall grass. The enemy's position was on the mountains at the eastern side of the Jordan Valley, completely overlooking ours. Earlier in the year they had crossed the intervening ground, under cover of darkness, and attempted to send us to "Jericho." They had found the posts too strong for them, however, and had retired to the positions now mentioned. "C" Sub-section was on the left, on the banks of the Wadi Nimrin 19

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Excerpt: ...the day men were allowed to bathe in the river. All wheels had to be covered over during the day in order to prevent the wood shrinking; if this had not been done, very little transport could have been brought out of the valley at the end of the Brigade's tour of duty There is, a little over a mile east of the Jordan, a series of low isolated hills; upon these was situated 101 our line of defence. Each hill, fortified with barbed-wire and trenches, constituted a "post." This line was held by Indian Infantry, the regiments of the cavalry brigade providing the patrols in "no man's land," which, several miles wide, was intersected by thousands of wadis (providing excellent cover for a stealthy enemy), also a certain amount of tall grass. The enemy's position was on the mountains at the eastern side of the Jordan Valley, completely overlooking ours. Earlier in the year they had crossed the intervening ground, under cover of darkness, and attempted to send us to "Jericho." They had found the posts too strong for them, however, and had retired to the positions now mentioned. "C" Sub-section was on the left, on the banks of the Wadi Nimrin 19

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Rarebooksclub.com

Country of origin

United States

Release date

October 2012

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First published

October 2012

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

94

ISBN-13

978-1-153-72803-4

Barcode

9781153728034

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1-153-72803-6



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