Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 73
... guns and a few had machine - guns . Nurses marched with the men . Motley in appearance , but all of them marched like soldiers . They were sing- ing a new Hebrew marching sing , " The Song of the Barricades " : 66 On the barricades we ...
... guns and a few had machine - guns . Nurses marched with the men . Motley in appearance , but all of them marched like soldiers . They were sing- ing a new Hebrew marching sing , " The Song of the Barricades " : 66 On the barricades we ...
Page 97
... guns let loose . The city shook from the blasting . Nashashibi House , our main point , got 30 direct cannon hits in a few minutes . Haganah had only mortars and machine - guns . In 10 minutes a green flare rose from Nashashibi House ...
... guns let loose . The city shook from the blasting . Nashashibi House , our main point , got 30 direct cannon hits in a few minutes . Haganah had only mortars and machine - guns . In 10 minutes a green flare rose from Nashashibi House ...
Page 167
... guns flashed out in the west and north . From the city , the conglomerate sounds of mortars and machine - guns ; but in the Old City there seemed to be a lull . After two hours ' work , a brief rest , tea and a sandwich . We spoke about ...
... guns flashed out in the west and north . From the city , the conglomerate sounds of mortars and machine - guns ; but in the Old City there seemed to be a lull . After two hours ' work , a brief rest , tea and a sandwich . We spoke about ...
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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