In all, Lawrence had now over two hundred thousand fighting men available.Continuing Lawrence Launches Arab Desert Campaign,our selection from
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About Gertrude Bell
So vast was her knowledge that the heads of the British Intelligence Department in Mesopotamia asked her to accept a staff appointment, and she played
The Minister’s Journey
The direct and simple narrative of Williams is plainly the work of an honest and courageous man.Our special project presenting the definitive
Lawrence in Aqaba
One morning I was in the tent with Lawrence when a young Bedouin was hauled in charged with having the evil eye.Continuing Lawrence Launches Arab
Lowell Thomas Crosses the Red Sea
There was no passenger accommodation, so that we had to sleep out on the deck with the donkeys and mules.Continuing Lawrence Launches Arab Desert
Lowell Thomas in Khartoum
One afternoon a representative from the British Intelligence Office took me a few miles distant from Khartoum to call on “the holiest man in the
Lowell Thomas Joins Lawrence of Arabia
Emir Feisal and Colonel Lawrence had got as far as Aqaba with their campaign when Mr. Chase and I arrived from the Palestine front with our battery of
Lawrence Returns to Egypt
As a result of Lawrence’s victory at Aqaba and his visit to Egypt, the British decided to back the Arabs to the limit in their campaign to win
The Capture of King Solomon’s Ancient Seaport
Aqaba is picturesquely located at the southern end of the wide Wadi Araba, perhaps the driest and most desolate valley in the world, which runs down