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Description: | The Advance to Damascus, Jisr Benat Yakub (the Bridge of the Daughters of Jacob), two or three miles south of Lake Huleh, which was found by the Australian Counted Division broken by the enemy, when they reached it on 27th September 1918. The 5th Cavalry Division were delayed here on 28th September, a lorry breaking down the temporary bridge across the arch destroyed by the enemy. The Turkish rearguard was driven from the bridge by a squadron of the Western Australians during the night.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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