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we were either decoys or an ambush.

The objective of Jericho had been gained, and as it was only our intention to hold it for 24 hours, so that a new line might be established on the hills controlling the valley. The brigade evacuated the position at 7 pm.

In the Ford we made a hurried return towards Jerusalem along the new Jericho road and camped in small shelter over a well near Bethany. The road itself for scenery is far ahead of the run from Latron to Jerusalem, over which I have previously raved so much about. It is a wonderful engineering feat winding along the sides of mountain gorges, but always upward, upward. The level of the Dead Sea is 1192 feet below Mediterranean level, and

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