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Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)

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**[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
** ''Hard Lying'' [https://archive.org/details/HardLying Archive.org version] , mirror from 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/arabbureaubritis0000west ''The Arab Bureau : British policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920''] by Bruce Westrate 1992. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[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]
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