Issue 5 הרכבת HARAKEVET
HARAKEVET הרכבת SEPTEMBER ISSUE:5 DATE 1989. Editorial Address: 9, Primley Gardens, Leeds, LS17 7HT. U.K. tel. 0532 - 693330. Welcome to Issue No. 5. As a result of some publicity the number of requests for information and copies of No. 4 overwhelmed me for a little while - indeed, if anyone somehow missed out on 4, please let me know. The intention is now to go "quarterly" - September, December, March and June. No promises! There is a lot of "good stuff" in this issue. I am pleased to be able to include three articles by Paul Cotterell - one relating Ray Tustin's experiences in the Second World War, one updating his book, a third seeking more information - thus justifying this newsletter's function and existence; Hugh Hughes has sent two offerings from New Zealand - one telling of his own journeyings, the other clarifying some historical background to the abortive Acre-Damascus scheme, following on from my notes and queries in 4:5(a); Uri Ben-Rehav has been researching the narrow-gauge during the First World War, and has come up with some fascinating material on the incredible difficulties faced and (largely) overcome by the engineers of the time. Incidentally, one cannot help thinking, on reading his articles, how history might have changed had the standard-gauge lines through Turkey been opened and available a year or so sooner; the whole balance of power would perhaps have shifted. The activities of T.E.Lawrence are also put in a better perspective. (Incidentally, a Mr. Moore, one of Lawrence's companions in the Hedjaz campaign, died near Leeds in July, just before I could interview him).
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