Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 96
... Iraqis ) , resisted stubbornly behind strong defences . Legionnaires came to their help , but later withdrew , after ex- tricating 40 armoured carloads of Arabs from the quarter ; three of their armoured cars , however , were destroyed ...
... Iraqis ) , resisted stubbornly behind strong defences . Legionnaires came to their help , but later withdrew , after ex- tricating 40 armoured carloads of Arabs from the quarter ; three of their armoured cars , however , were destroyed ...
Page 110
... Iraqis , for standing orders were later found in both German and Arabic . The Iraqi commander , Ibrahim Abu Dayyeh , made an early getaway , but his men fought hard . St. Simeon was not only their chief Katamon base , but it is the main ...
... Iraqis , for standing orders were later found in both German and Arabic . The Iraqi commander , Ibrahim Abu Dayyeh , made an early getaway , but his men fought hard . St. Simeon was not only their chief Katamon base , but it is the main ...
Page 164
... Iraqi flag , black , green and white ; it fluttered and quivered as though it were alive . But the big questions in ... Iraqis and Transjordanians attacking from the east . How shall we hold them all at once - stretch our ill - armed ...
... Iraqi flag , black , green and white ; it fluttered and quivered as though it were alive . But the big questions in ... Iraqis and Transjordanians attacking from the east . How shall we hold them all at once - stretch our ill - armed ...
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Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948 to ... Harry Levin No preview available - 1997 |
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Abdullah afternoon Arab Legion Arab villages armoured cars arms Army asked Ataroth attack Bab-el-Wad battle Ben Yehuda Street British building Castel cease-fire convoy crash dark dead Deir Egyptian Etzel Etzion evacuated eyes feeling fighting fire food convoy Galilee girl Government guns Haganah Haifa hamseen hands heard heavy Hebrew hills Holy Iraqis Israel Jaffa Jaffa Road Jerusalem Jewish Agency Jews Judy Katamon killed last night Latrun Legion looked lorries machine-guns Mateh Michael minutes Mishmar months morning mortars moved officer Old City Palestine Palmach plane police Quarter quiet Ramat Rahel ration Rehavia road Ruth says seems settlements Sheikh Jarrah shells shelter shooting shot siege snipers soldiers started stopped street suddenly Syrians talk tanks Tel-Aviv tell thought to-day to-night told Transjordan Truce Commission wadi walked walls week wireless women wounded Yemin Moshe yesterday