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Catching up on the week's historical anniversaries:

11 December 1917: British General Allenby enters (Collier's New Photographic History of the World War)

The Damascus Gate
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Jim Wald

"I entered the city officially at noon, December 11th, with a few of my staff, the commanders of the French & Italian detachments"
General Allenby quite deliberately chose to enter on foot: Jesus had ridden donkey, whereas the German Kaiser had arrogantly ridden in on a horse
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11 December 1917:

British proclaim martial law but “General Allenby, in front of the Tower of David which was standing when Christ was in , promised that all holy places of Christians, Jews, & Moslems would be maintained according to existing customs.”
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“Allenby Before ,” by Captain Adrian Jones — portrait hanging in the Victory Services Club, London

British forces accepted the surrender of the city on December 9 and entered the city on the 11th


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The caption to an earlier notes that, after taking in December 1917, "The British Army proceeded to the further conquest of "

Allenby's great victory at in 1918 decisively defeated German & Ottoman forces. nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-megid

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Allenby's great victory at Megiddo in 1918 decisively defeated German & Ottoman forces.

In 1919, he was promoted to Field Marshal & created Viscount Allenby, of Megiddo & of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk

Plaque on the South Kensington house of his last years
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@CitizenWald Any public Mark about Lawrence of Arabia near this place ?😉

@CitizenWald Looks like he wants to ride the other way?