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'Military Lessons of the Arab Rebellion in Palestine 1936' [10v] (25/294)
The record is made up of 1 volume (142 folios). It was created in Feb 1938. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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44816-1
6
Trans-Jordan Frontier Force
One Cavalry Squadron (less half sqn.)
Half Squadron Cavalry
One Cavalry Squadron (less half sqn.)
Half Squadron Cavalry
.SAf/
LAKH
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
ROSH PINNA.
JISR AL MEJAMI.
.BEISAN.
Palestine Police
35 British Officers.
719 British Other Ranks.
15 Local Officers (including 4 Jews).
2,114 Local Other Ranks (including 373 Jews).
2,883 All Ranks .
IN TRANS-JORDAN .
Army
Nil
Royal Air Force
R.A.F. Station, Amman H$. AMMAN.
No. 14 (Bomber) Squadron AMMAN.
One Sec. No. 2 Armoured Car Company MA T AN. (x)
Trans-Jordan Frontier Force
HQ. Trans-Jordan Frontier Force ZERKA.
One Cavalry Squadron ZERKA.
One Mechanised Company ZERKA.
One Mechanised Company MA'AN. (x)
(x) Ma’an, which does not appear on the map illustrating aircraft zones
lies some 60 miles S.S.E. of the southern end of the Dead Sea.
The total strength of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force was :-
21 British Officers.
7 British Warrant Officers.
28 Local Officers. (3 Jews).
81S Local Other Panics. (17 Jews).
874 All Ranks.
In addition there was a reserve of 167 Other Ranks.
Aurab Legio n
7 British Officers.
35 Trans-Jordanian Officers.
1,004 Trans-Jordanian Other Ranks.
1,046 All Ranks.
In addition there were 1 British Officer and 53 Trans-Jordanian
Other Ranks, paid, clothed and equipped by the Iraq Petroleum
Company, who were employed in the protection of the Company’s
pipe-line and pumping stations.
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Report detailing the military lessons of the Arab rebellion in Palestine in 1936 that was compiled by General Staff, Headquarters, The British Forces, Palestine & Trans-Jordan.
The report is divided up into chapters as follows:
- Introduction
- A Short History of the Rebellion I - to the end of June, 1936
- A Short History of the Rebellion II - from the 1st July, 1936 to the end of the year
- Conditions in Palestine as Affecting Operations
- Commanders and Staffs
- Intelligence
- Intercommunication
- Administration
- Transport
- Weapons and Equipment
- The Employment of Various Arms
- The Employment of Aircraft in Co-operation with Troops
- Defensive Action
- Protection of Communications
- Offensive Action
- Conclusion - Summary of Main Lessons
The report contains 46 photographs and a number of diagrams which are located throughout the volume. It also contains four maps, found at folios 140-143.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (142 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a contents page on folio 3.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 144; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Military Lessons of the Arab Rebellion in Palestine 1936'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:110v, 111ar:111av, 111r:139v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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