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'Military Lessons of the Arab Rebellion in Palestine 1936' [57v] (119/294)
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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justify the concentration of so much fire power in one unit. They
were also very vulnerable to a well-placed mine and, since their derail
ment would have caused serious dislocation to traffic, it was usually
necessary to allot a pilot trolly to precede them. On the whole there
is little doubt that the armoured train in Palestine was entirely uneco
nomical as a means of railv/ay protection. Armoured Train No. 1 (stand
ard gauge) was commissioned at Haifa on the 10th July and consisted of a
locomotive, three open trucks and a decoy passenger truck: it carried a
10-inch naval searchlight and a generator and was armed with two 2-pr.
pom-poms from H.M.S. "Delhi" and two Vickers and eight Lewis guns from
H.M.S. "Arethusa . " The sides of the trucks were armoured with steel
plating backed with protective mattresses, and the crew consisted of an
officer, a gunner and 31 ratings drawn from "Arethusa" and " Durban 1 *.
The train was operated on two occasions between Haifa and Jerusalem but
was never in action against the rebels, and was dismantled a month or two
later. Armoured Train No.2 (narrow gauge) was commissioned by H.M.S.
"Sussex" on the 3rd August, and performed useful service in night patrol
ling of the narrow gauge Hedjaz railway between Haifa and Samakh. It
was armed with one pom-pom and searchlight, two Maxims and six Lewis guns.
Later this train was taken over by H.M.S. " Valiant " and its composition
altered as follows, trucks being shown in the order of running: one enpty
ballast truck (as protection against mines), one truck with 18-inch
searchlight and generator protected by Lewis guns, the locomotive, and a
pom-pom truck also carrying Lewis guns. The train was controlled from
the fore end of the searchlight truck where a system of bells passed orders
to the driver and alarms to the pom-pom crew.
SERVICE M.T. VEHICJESS
purposes were the 15-
The Morris had three main disadvantages:-
(3) The exhaust was far too noisy.
crossing road trenches been added to the
to the equipment of each truck.
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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'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:110v, 111ar:111av, 111r:139v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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