General Allenby's Entrance into Jerusalem
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Contributors: Underwood & Underwood
Library of Congress, public domain
General Allenby's entrance into Jerusalem, black-and-white photograph, 1917, photographer: Underwood & Underwood; source: Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-93094 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93513671/, public domain
On 9 December 1917, British troops under the command of General Edmund Allenby (1861–1936) captured Jerusalem. Out of respect for the Holy City, they entered it on foot. The hand-over to the British army had been preceded by weeks of fighting against Ottoman and German troops.
General Allenby's entrance into Jerusalem, black-and-white photograph, 1917, photographer: Underwood & Underwood; source: Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-93094 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93513671/, public domain.