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With the Turks in Palestine

by Aaronsohn Alexander

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Author: Aaronsohn Alexander

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Originally published in 1916. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

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...We were set to building the road between Saffêd and Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee--a link in the military highway from Damascus tothe coast, which would be used for the movement of troops in case therailroad should be cut off. It had no immediate strategic bearing on theattack against Suez, however. From six in the morning till seven at night we were hard at it, exceptfor one hour's rest at noon. While we had money, it was possible to getsome slight relief by bribing our taskmasters; but this soon came to anend, and we had to endure their brutality as best we could. Thewheelbarrows we used were the property of a French company which, before the war, was undertaking a highway to Beirut. No grease wasprovided for the wheels, so that there was a maddening squeaking andsquealing in addition to the difficulty of pushing the barrows. One dayI suggested to an inspection officer that if the wheels were not greasedthe axles would be burned out. He agreed with me and issued an orderthat the...

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