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Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)

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Historical books online
:[https://archive.org/details/howjerusalemwasw00mass ''How Jerusalem was Won : being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine''] by W T Massey, 1920 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/allenbysfinaltri00massrich ''Allenby's Final Triumph''] by W T Massey 1920 Archive.org
*Intelligence**[https://archive.org/stream/secretcorpstaleo00tuohuoft#page/172/mode/2up "Under Eastern Eyes"], page 172, Chapter V, ''The Secret Corps : a Tale of "Intelligence" on all Fronts'' by Captain Ferdinand Tuohy 1920 Archive.org:**[https://archive.org/stream/secretservice00geor#page/198/mode/2up British Intelligence in Palestine] from page 199 and [https://archive.org/stream/secretservice00geor#page/302/mode/2up "Chapter XXIII: Allenby in Palestine and Syria in 1918"], page 303, ''Secret Service'' by Major-General Sir George Aston, formerly of the Naval Intelligence Department and the Secretariat of the War Cabinet 1930 Archive.org**[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/527779 ''Hard Lying''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title ''“Hard Lying”: Eastern Mediterranean, 1914-1919'' by Captain L B Weldon 1925. The author was a British Army Intelligence Officer , initially OC of a British Ship (HMS Anne previously Aenne Rickmers) carrying a French, later British seaplane squadron used for reconnaissance flights, and subsequently HMY Managem 1917-1919, involved with the supply of agents, money, weapons, etc to the Syrian coast.**[https://archive.org/details/insideshows01stangoog ''In the Side Shows''] by Captain Wedgewood Benn 1919 Archive.org. Some editions have the title ''In the Side Shows: Observations by a Flier on Five Fronts''. The author was a Member of Parliament and joined the Middlesex Yeomanry, with whom he served at Gallipoli. He subsequently became military observer attached to the Royal Naval Air Service, East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron.
*[https://archive.org/details/desertmountedcor00pres ''The Desert Mounted Corps : An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria, 1917-1918''] by Lieut –Colonel RMP Preston 1921 Archive.org
**The Indian Army Cavalry regiments are listed from [https://archive.org/stream/desertmountedcor00pres#page/332/mode/2up page 333]
*[https://archive.org/details/londonmeninpale00coldgoog ''London men in Palestine, and how they marched to Jerusalem''] by Rowlands Coldicott 1919 Archive.org. The author was, at least at one time, a Captain in the 21st(County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), with the 2nd/21st serving in Palestine, as did the 2nd/20th and 2nd/22nd. The 2/21st, was disbanded on 3 June 1918 with men drafted to other London battalions, but was reformed in 1920.
*[https://archive.org/details/khakicrusaderswi00coop ''Khaki Crusaders. With the South African Artillery in Egypt and Palestine''] by F H Cooper 1919 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/insideshows01stangoog ''In the Side Shows''] by Captain Wedgewood Benn 1919 Archive.org. Some editions have the title ''In the Side Shows: Observations by a Flier on Five Fronts''. The author was a Member of Parliament and joined the Middlesex Yeomanry, with whom he served at Gallipoli. He subsequently became military observer attached to the Royal Naval Air Service, East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron.
*[https://archive.org/details/throughegyptinw00briggoog ''Through Egypt in War-time''] by Martin Shaw Briggs 1918 Archive.org. The author was an architect who became an officer in a Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps, involved in duties such as inspecting camps, disinfection and watertesting. Information on many topics, including Army Camps and railways. [https://archive.org/stream/throughegyptinw00briggoog#page/n348/mode/2up Index]
*[https://archive.org/details/withramcinegypt00serjuoft ''With the R.A.M.C. in Egypt''] by Serjeant-Major, R.A.M.C 1918 Archive.org
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