Berkshire and the War “The Reading Standard” pictorial record . Volume 4. p 740
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| Title | Berkshire and the War “The Reading Standard” pictorial record . Volume 4. p 740 |
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| Page number | 740 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | Unknown |
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THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN. Berkshire Yeomen's Gallantry
F ro m G en era l Allenby' s
d e sp a tch , it a p p e a rs th a t
t h e Turks h a d b een in p o si
t io n a n d b u sy a t e n tre n ch Â
in g f o r six m on th s.
The
c o u n t r y len d s its e lf f o r d e Â
fe n s iv e fig h tin g . T h e Turks
h e ld a v e ry s tro n g lin e o f
e n tre n ch m e n ts
s tr e tch in g
th ir ty m iles fr o m Gaza to
Beersheba .
W e h a d th e
o n e lin e fro m Kantara to
Rafa , s u b se q u e n tly p u sh ed
o n t o Gaza a n d b e y o n d .
T h e p la n o f ca m p a ig n was
t o seize Beersheba a n d th e
h ig h g r o u n d w est o f it, so
t h a t a sim u lta n eou s a tt a c k
m ig h t b e m a d e fr o m th e
s o u th a n d fr o m th e ea st o n
Tel-el-Sheria . T h e
tra n s
p o r t d ifficu lties w ere im
m en se : 30,000 ca m els h a d
to b e used fo r th e su p p ly o f
w a te r to th e r ig h t flank
alon e.
T o con cea l o u r o b Â
je c t a V igorous b o m b a rd Â
m e n t w as k e p t up o n Gaza .
Beersheba was ca p tu re d b y
th e Australian Light Horse,
w h o g a llo p e d o v e r tw o d e e p
tre n cn e s h e ld b y t h e en em y
o u ts id e th e to w n .
They
w ere fin ely s u p p o rte d b y
London tro o p s, Yeomanry
a n d A rtillery .
N orth o f
Beersheba ,
som e
fifte e n
m iles, th e Turk s h a d m a d e
a good
m o to r
road
to
Sheria . T h is w as seized.
S o m e o f th e t r o o p s a d Â
vanced
a lon g
th e
coa st,
o th e r s a lo n g th e lin e o f th e
Sheria ra ilw a y, a n d oth e rs
fu r th e r e a st in th e d ir e c
tio n o f Hebron . O n D ecem
b e r 7th t h e w e a th e r b ro k e
and
h in d e r e d o p e ra tio n s,
b u t t h e h e a rt o f th e en em y
now fa ile d him , a n d he
w ith d re w to th e n o r th an d
J e ru sa le m b ein g c u t o ff su rÂ
re n d e r e d and G en . Allenby
e n te re d o n f o o t o n D e c e m
b e r 11th. T w e lv e th ou sa n d
p riso n e rs w ere ta k en , and
in a d d itio n 100 gu n s, m a n y
m o re m a c h i n e g u n s ,
20,000,000 ro u n d s o f rifle
a m m u n ition
an d 250,000 ro u n d s o f gu n a m m u n ition .
We a re in d e b te d to
M r. A . W . Sutton , J .P .,
w hose lectu res o n his tours
in Palestine have been k e e n ly
e n jo y e d , fo r th e
p h o to g r a p h s o n th is and
t h e n e x t p a ge.
( 1 ) C o u n t r y between Hebron and Beit Jibrin .
( 2 ) V ie w s on the Lebanon .
(3 ) N e a rin g Jerusalem - the Jaffa -Jerusalem Railway.
( 4 ) M r . Sutton 's c a mp bet ween Sidon and Safed.
[P h o to s
b y M r. A . W . Sutto n , J .P .