Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 147
... tanks , 6 gun - carriers , seven 3 - inch mortars ; it fell when only one officer and 2 men were left . The column of 18 tanks that attacked Kfar Etzion village was re- pulsed 16 times ; when the Legion overran the settlement the ...
... tanks , 6 gun - carriers , seven 3 - inch mortars ; it fell when only one officer and 2 men were left . The column of 18 tanks that attacked Kfar Etzion village was re- pulsed 16 times ; when the Legion overran the settlement the ...
Page 184
... tanks and armoured cars . After the artillery barrage they advanced in massed strength , tanks in the lead , acting exactly as Zohar expected . Well before Beth Israel , his tiny force was waiting for them . Electric mines and Molotov ...
... tanks and armoured cars . After the artillery barrage they advanced in massed strength , tanks in the lead , acting exactly as Zohar expected . Well before Beth Israel , his tiny force was waiting for them . Electric mines and Molotov ...
Page 196
... tank reached the building one of the piats conked in . . . . We were cornered all right . We gave them all we had , but it looked hopeless . Then suddenly the tanks turned and went home . Pashut ( simply ) . We rubbed our eyes . Our ...
... tank reached the building one of the piats conked in . . . . We were cornered all right . We gave them all we had , but it looked hopeless . Then suddenly the tanks turned and went home . Pashut ( simply ) . We rubbed our eyes . Our ...
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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