Reproduced below is General Sir Edmund Allenby's account of events which led to the fall of Jerusalem into Allied hands on 9 December 1917.
Allenby recounts how he formally entered the historic city two days following its fall and noted that "the population received me well".
In taking Jerusalem Allenby had exceeded British Prime Minister David Lloyd George's instructions to ensure the city's fall by Christmas. The capture of Jerusalem proved a notable morale booster to the Entente Powers in rounding off what was generally regarded as a difficult year.
Click here to read the official Austro-German report into events leading to the city's fall. Click here to read a historical overview of the city's fall, written by the secretary of the British Palestine Society, E W G Masterman. Click here to read Allenby's official proclamation of marshal law.
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