BRITISH HORSES TETHERED AT THE EOOT OE THE MOUNT OE OEIVES I THE KAISERIN 

 AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPICE CROWNS THE HEIGHT (SEE TEXT, PAGE 332) 



Photographs from C. W. Whitehair 



BRITISH OBSERVATION POST IN THE INDIAN HIEES ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD 



The rapidity with which the British troops completed the conquest of Palestine and 

 Syria during the closing weeks of the world war constituted one of the most brilliant strategic 

 campaigns of history. Much of the success of the great "push" was due to the excellence of 

 the observers both on the ground and in the air. 



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