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Palestine/Mesopotamia

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By JMS, 'The Western Mail', March 13, 1917

Anglo-Indian forces led by Major-General Stanley Maude capture Bagdad on March 11, 1917.

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By George Whitelow, 'The Passing Show', March 31, 1917

The British, under the command of General Sir Stanley Maude, captures Bagdad on March 11, 1917.

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The Passing Show, March 31, 1917

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G.E. Studdy, 'The Passing Show', May 12, 1917

"The Might of the British Empire'

1917O

By Partridge, 'Punch', July 3, 1917

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By George Morrow, 'Punch', October 17, 1917

(Mesopotamia, 120° in the shade.)
The Sergeant: "Ere, none o' that. Ye can't go knockin' people about that way!"
The Assilant: "Well, 'n ast me 'ow I'd like a strong Ginger wiv a tuppeny ice in it'"

"Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." - Longfellow

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The British Foreign Secretary, Arthur Balfour, issued
'The Balfour Declaration', November 2, 1917.

Balfour Declaration
The Balfour Declaration

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By W.F. Blood, The Bystander, November 1917

'The Kaiser is not Amused'

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By Raven Hill, 'Punch', November 14, 1917

General Sir Edmund Allenby breaks through the Gaza -
Beersheba front and advances on Jerusalem.

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By G.E. Studdy, 'The Passing Show', November 17, 1917

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By W.A. Rogers, 'The New York Herald', November 14, 1917

President Woodrow Wilson as Comander-in-Chief suggesting a near eastern campaign.
U.S.A. General Staff rejects the plan.

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By Partridge, 'Punch', December 19, 1917

General Allenby enters Jerusalem on December 11, 1917.

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By B, 'The British Sentinel', December 1917

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By E.T. Reed, 'The Bystander', December 19, 1917

'Wilheim II Spectacularly Rode Through Jerusalem Dressed as a Knight-Crusader in 1898'

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By W.F. Blood, 'The Bystander', December 26, 1917

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By W.F. Blood, 'The Bystander', December 1917

T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
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Lawrence of Arabia

The Arab Revolt: 1916-1918
Led by T. E. Lawrence, better know as Lawrence of Arabia, author of
'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'.

Sketch by Augustus John, 1917

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By William Roberts from 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'

Camel march on Aqaba.
Lawrence donning a Kafia on the right forground.

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By Kennington from 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'

Lawrence enjoying the blowing up of a Turkish train on the Hejaz Railway Line.

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By Kennington from 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'

Lawrence meets Allenby

World events '17

War With Germany

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World Cinema '17

Cleopatra

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The Immigrant

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