Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 137
... mortars as their heaviest equipment . The Arabs held all the dominant positions , the police fortress com- manding the city , the citadel in the heart of the city , the hills around ; all the roads leading into it were in their hands ...
... mortars as their heaviest equipment . The Arabs held all the dominant positions , the police fortress com- manding the city , the citadel in the heart of the city , the hills around ; all the roads leading into it were in their hands ...
Page 167
... 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 the Old City , the shelling and invading armies . The calm and determination 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 the Old City , the shelling and invading armies . The calm and determination of ...
Page 187
... mortars , beats sporadically on your eardrums all day and night . But the shells are the monstrous thing . From ... mortar shell from Katamon ) ; that's the safest room in the flat . We placed two wardrobes between their beds and ours ...
... mortars , beats sporadically on your eardrums all day and night . But the shells are the monstrous thing . From ... mortar shell from Katamon ) ; that's the safest room in the flat . We placed two wardrobes between their beds and ours ...
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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