It was Lewis, with aLewis gun held efficiently
across his thighs. The dominant position of the guns had been an advantage to usso
far. A cordial union of two such men made the Turksposition hopeless from the
outset.
He persuaded Dawnay: Allenbyreluctantly agreed:
Bols assented, and the work began. Again wefelt how Rumm inhibited excitement by its
serene beauty. He had heard the rapidfire, and thought to see if we needed
help.
I trotted up to Ferhan and asked wherever he had
found him. Send us a lurens and we willblow up trains with it, wrote the Beni Atiyeh
to Feisal.
Explosives were stored in desirable places. I
weighed the English army in my mind, and could not honestly assuremyself of them.
The second engine was a blanched pile of smokingiron.
My men, possessed by greed, haddispersed over the
land with the Beduins.
A cordial union of two such men made the
Turksposition hopeless from the outset.
Dawnays cold, shy mind gazed upon our effortswith
bleak eye, always thinking, thinking.
A cordial union of two such men made the
Turksposition hopeless from the outset. So I felt that his loss was not directly my
reproach. He sought to destroythe enemys strength with the least fuss.
The Turks there, seeing them go, began to move
after themwith infinite precaution, firing volleys.
His courage, hisresource, and his energy were
proven. The dominant position of the guns had been an advantage to usso
far.
The exiled family had lived in Damascus fora
generation.
Feisal found me three youngDamascenes of family,
who were ambitious to lead tribal raids. It drew near where we had been reported,
and opened random fire intothe desert.
These men-wolves would make certain the actual
storming of the bridge.
Our camp had been in the next hollow, across
ahundred yards of flat.