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Palestine/Mesopotamia 1917 |
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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. |
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. |
The Passing Show, March 31, 1917 |
G.E. Studdy, 'The Passing Show', May 12, 1917 "The Might of the British Empire' |
By Partridge, 'Punch', July 3, 1917 |
By George Morrow, 'Punch', October 17, 1917 (Mesopotamia, 120° in the shade.) "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." - Longfellow |
The British Foreign Secretary, Arthur Balfour, issued |
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![]() By W.F. Blood, The Bystander, November 1917 'The Kaiser is not Amused' |
By Raven Hill, 'Punch', November 14, 1917 General Sir Edmund Allenby breaks through the Gaza - |
By G.E. Studdy, 'The Passing Show', November 17, 1917 |
By W.A. Rogers, 'The New York Herald', November 14, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson as Comander-in-Chief suggesting a near eastern campaign. |
By Partridge, 'Punch', December 19, 1917 General Allenby enters Jerusalem on December 11, 1917. |
By B, 'The British Sentinel', December 1917 |
By E.T. Reed, 'The Bystander', December 19, 1917 'Wilheim II Spectacularly Rode Through Jerusalem Dressed as a Knight-Crusader in 1898' |
![]() By W.F. Blood, 'The Bystander', December 26, 1917 |
![]() By W.F. Blood, 'The Bystander', December 1917 |
T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt |
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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 |
By William Roberts from 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom' Camel march on Aqaba. |
By Kennington from 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom' Lawrence enjoying the blowing up of a Turkish train on the Hejaz Railway Line. |
By Kennington from 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom' Lawrence meets Allenby |