Battle of Jerusalem

Palestine-WW1

Battle for Jerusalem 1917. Map showing situation at 18:00 19 November 1917.

Battle for Jerusalem 1917. Map showing Ottoman counter-offensive. Situation at 1800 28 November 1917.

Battle for Jerusalem 1917. Map showing Turkish Attack on 4th Northamptonshire Regiment at Wilhelma 27 November 1917.

Battle for Jerusalem 1917. Sketch map showing Ottoman counterattack, Morning of 28th November 1917.

Sketch Map 21: Defence of Jerusalem. Situation on 30 December 1917 at 1800.

Battle for Jerusalem 1917. Map showing the situation at 18:00 on 16 November 1917 as known to GHQ EEF.
Le Miroir N°221, page 5 présentation d'un général turc prisonnier à Jérusalem.

Australian lighthorsemen from the 4th Light Horse Regiment entering the Judean Hills along the main road, 1918.

Photo of New York Herald front page on the day, Jerusalem was captured.
Battle of Jerusalem (1917).
Battle of Jerusalem (1917).
Battle of Jerusalem (1917).
Battle of Jerusalem (1917).

General Watson meeting Mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Husayni during WWI

BRITISH MAJOR BARRY, THE COMMANDER OF THE FIRST BRITISH FORCE THAT CONQUERED JERUSALEM FROM THE OTTOMANS. קצין בריטי מייג'ור בארי - BARRY, מפקד הכוח הבריטי הראשון אשר כבש את ירושלים מידי העותומנים.

BRITISH SOLDIERS WITH GENERAL SHEA (C) AFTER THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM. קצינים בריטים בפיקודו של הגנרל שייה - SHEA (במרכז), בצילום משותף לאחר כיבוש העיר ירושלים.
![TITLE: Capture and occupation of Palestine by British. British troops on parade at Jaffa Gate
CALL NUMBER: LC-M31- 60075-x[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-matpc-11530 (digital file from original photo)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 4 x 5 in.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1917 Dec.
CREATOR:
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer.
NOTES:
Creator name based on date.
Title from negative sleeve.
On guide card: Dec. 1917.
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
SUBJECTS:
Jerusalem.
FORMAT:
Dry plate negatives.
PART OF: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection
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TITLE: Capture and occupation of Palestine by British. British troops on parade at Jaffa Gate CALL NUMBER: LC-M31- 60075-x[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-matpc-11530 (digital file from original photo) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 4 x 5 in. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1917 Dec. CREATOR: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer. NOTES: Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On guide card: Dec. 1917. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. SUBJECTS: Jerusalem. FORMAT: Dry plate negatives. PART OF: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original photo) matpc 11530 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/matpc.11530 CONTROL #: mpc2005002810/PP

"The 94th Heavies that Shelled the Turks in Capture of the City" (Jerusalem, 1917)

Photo of New York Herald front page on the day, Jerusalem was captured.

Sketch map of Passage of the Nahr el 'Auja

Field Marshal Allenby entering Jerusalem with British troops on December 11, 1917

Hong Kong (Indian) Mountain gun battery in action with BL 2.75 inch guns. Photo taken during Australian Light Horse operations near Beit Tahta during the Jerusalem Operations in the Judean Hills in Palestine during World War I

Water being filled into fantasies near Jaffa. Jerusalem Campaign, 1918.

Judean Hills.

Template:De-1=Foto "Meine Kriegserinnerungen" 1914 - 1918
Historical Overview
General Allenby's entry into the holy city; major loss of prestige for Turks.
Quick Facts
British Empire
- Commander: Edmund Allenby
- Strength: ca. 60.000
- Casualties: ca. 18.000
Ottomans & Ger.
- Commander: Erich von Falkenhayn
- Strength: ca. 25.000
- Casualties: ca. 25.000
Strategic Context
Symbolic and strategic weakening of Ottoman influence.
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