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THE STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINE BEGINS

A British Letter to Change the World. A Jewish National Home, Designed to Keep the Russians in the War. What About the Arabs? Special to The Great War Project. (2 November) Now a development in the Middle East that could change the world. On November 2nd a century ago, Britain issues what will come to…

THE LITTLE KNOWN BATTLE OF ROMANI

Turks Eye Second Attempt to Seize the Suez Canal Under Scorching Sun, the British Reject Ottoman Force. Special to The Great War Project (8-11 August) In early August a century ago, a little remembered battle erupts in the Sinai desert east of the Suez Canal. It takes place in an Egyptian town called Romani. It…