First and only edition of a report about the Sinai and Palestine campaign (1915-1918), in Ottoman Turkish translation. This second half of this campaign was led by General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936). He commanded the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), then part of the British army, against the Ottoman Empire in the conquest of Palestine in 1917-1918. The EEF succeeded in capturing Beersheba, Jaffa and Jerusalem in late 1917, as well as the Jordan valley and Northern Palestine in 1918.
The present work is a translation of Allenby's reports, which cover the period between December 1917, when the British entered Jerusalem, and September 1918, when General Allenby started a new campaign, resulting in the capture of Damascus and Aleppo. The report begins with operations to make Jaffa and Jerusalem safe against Turkish counterattacks, and continues with Allenby's succesful attacks on Jericho, the Jordan Valley and As-Salt. The EEF won numerous other battles in the region before the Armistice of Mudros ended the campaign in October 1918. Allenby then became the High Commisioner in Egypt and Sudan from 1919-1925.
With an inscription on the title page and on the back wrapper. With a water stain on the head margin throughout (including the wrappers), the spine is somewhat torn, but the wrappers are still connected. Somewhat browned throughout, the edges of the leaves are frayed, the leaves are folded and loose in the wrappers, as issued. Otherwise in good condition. WorldCat 777059280 (3 copies); Özege 5787; cf. The campaign in Palestine: General Allenby's official report of the fighting north of Jerusalem up to September 18, 1818. In: Current history (1916-1940), vol. 9 (1), part 2, 1919, pp. 167-172.