Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 159
... building to building . Three hundred yards further down , the Sheikh Jarrah battle was in its final phase . Arab armoured cars and trucks were pull- ing out towards the Old City . One armoured car lay sprawled on its side . From a ...
... building to building . Three hundred yards further down , the Sheikh Jarrah battle was in its final phase . Arab armoured cars and trucks were pull- ing out towards the Old City . One armoured car lay sprawled on its side . From a ...
Page 196
... buildings remain . The defenders ( who include an Etzel unit ) are in dug - outs . There will be more bloody fighting ... building one of the piats conked in . . . . We were cornered all right . We gave them all we had , but it looked ...
... buildings remain . The defenders ( who include an Etzel unit ) are in dug - outs . There will be more bloody fighting ... building one of the piats conked in . . . . We were cornered all right . We gave them all we had , but it looked ...
Page 276
... buildings took the shells ? Why , every house is a fortress ! I can laugh when I think that an Englishman forced us ... building had a direct hit in the first hour . The alarm bell rang , people went down to the shelter , and the first ...
... buildings took the shells ? Why , every house is a fortress ! I can laugh when I think that an Englishman forced us ... building had a direct hit in the first hour . The alarm bell rang , people went down to the shelter , and the first ...
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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