| 单词 | wadi |
| 例句 | The High Hall of the Arryns was aglow with the light of fifty torches, burning in the sconces along the wadis. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Branches of the “wadi” will connect to small public squares that the architects envision as social meeting places. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z We found our way to a wide, gently sloping trail that wound for several miles along a wadi, or gorge. Next Stop: Jerusalem Outings Go Beyond the Biblical 2011-06-10T18:55:00Z But Jordan is famous for its wadis, most of which are narrow canyons that provide great hiking and an escape from the sun. Camping with the Bedouins in southern Jordan 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z They’d shoot us and blow off our limbs and run into the hills and wadis, back into the alleys and dusty villages. Books of The Times: ‘The Yellow Birds’ by Kevin Powers 2012-09-06T16:01:27Z Many of the meandering streets created by the wadi dead-end in cul-de-sacs, adding to the feeling of disconnection from the street grid of Riyadh. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z An elaborate pedestrian promenade will zigzag through the site, flanked by a narrow reflecting pool intended to conjure a traditional wadi, the mostly dry riverbed that runs through desert valleys. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z Few outsiders have entered the wadi since the American academic Joseph J. Hobbs visited while researching his book “Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness,” in the early 1980s. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The results showed the tools were likely to have been used approximately 84 thousand years ago and then abandoned on the banks of the wadis and subsequently buried over time. Early human migrants followed lush corridor-route out of Africa 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The desert riverbed, or wadi, had already subsided back to a trickle. Libya floods: search for blame for thousands of deaths 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z A series of bridges had crossed the wadi, connecting the port area with the western side of the city. Libya flood: Satellite images reveal destruction in Derna 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z An academic published a paper in 2022 said that repeated flooding threatened the dams built in a wadi, a usually dry riverbed, above the city and urged immediate maintenance. Flooded Libyan city's past troubles deepen with new disaster 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z "If a huge flood happens the result will be catastrophic for the people of the wadi and the city," the paper said. Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, 10,000 missing 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Access to the area is expected to be difficult after the rainy season starts because large streams, known as wadis, are set to cut it off from supplies. Red Cross warns of possible humanitarian disaster on Sudan-Chad border 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z As we crossed a few dried-out wadis, or rivers, on our way to Borota, raindrops appeared and puddles began to form. Fleeing Generals at War and Violent Militias, Many Say ‘We’re Not Coming Back’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Many of Oman’s wadis, or desert valleys, dry up in the scorching summer months, but at Wadi Bani Khalid, wide pools of water glisten year-round. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The fresh air, the space while clambering over rocks in a wadi, or valley, and the austere style of the Bear Grylls camp appears for now to offer the opposite of that. UAE sheikhdom hopes Bear Grylls camp draws pandemic tourists 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z From there, a convoy of lorries carrying dozens of bewildered refugees drove a two-day journey, travelling only by night and hiding in a concealed wadi during the day. The holiday village run by spies 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Traveling from the towering mountainous plateaus of Yemen, which are now ravaged by war, the coffee bean made its journey to the lush green wadis of the Jazan region. Reform in Saudi Arabia: the Climate-Coffee Connection 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z One geologist, Ernie Berg, noticed that a wadi, or ancient riverbed, took a mysterious turn. An Oil Giant Is Taking Big Steps. Saudi Arabia Can’t Afford for It to Slip. 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z “But it goes deeper than that: the types of geomorphology, all the structures, the salt domes, the riverbeds, the wadis, it parallels a lot of what we see on Mars.” Mars on Earth: Simulation tests in remote desert of Oman 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z After 16 days of relentlessly being hunted, of hiding under trees and in dusty wadis, we were about to enter the Jebel Marra. Kidnapped, tortured and thown in jail: my 70 days in Sudan 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z “There were great moments when we encountered Bedouins in the wadis, women with their herds of goats, and old men who offered camel milk each time we saw each other—wonderful people,’’ Cuéllar says. Enlisting an Army to Save a Forest 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z “It shows a very strong sensitivity to the geology in the choice of colors for the rock, and also in the little colored spots that represent the gravel on the wadi floor,” Harrell said. Prospecting for the Pharaohs' Gold Much of the region is marked by ephemeral river beds, or wadis, such as Wadi al Masilah. Satellite Eye on Earth: November 2015 - in pictures 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The oil then snaked in hundreds of rivulets across the Evrona Nature Reserve, slowly flowing downhill through the dry wadis and streambeds into the very heart of the preserve. Oil spill in Israel’s Evrona Nature Reserve is disastrous news for a precious resource 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z "From mountainous areas, mangroves, coastal regions and wadis, the Arabian desert is vast and complex, It supports a wide variety of biodiversity." Rare Arabian leopard in need of safe corridors 2012-05-24T23:59:16Z She’s also also developing conservationist programs for Dubai and Oman, where she recently spent 11 months training local researchers in a wildlife inventory of three wadis in the Jabal Samhan Nature Preserve. Enlisting an Army to Save a Forest 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z After having mastered exhaustion and fatigue, the Believers debouched in the sandy bed of a broad wadi which seemed to their bruised and bleeding feet like a carpet of the richest pile. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z One last stretch of exposed terrain remained, a shallow wadi we had crossed to get to Devon Hill. The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan 2012-02-01T22:05:17Z Morris owed his entire fortune, if his tale could be believed, to the magical apparition of an unearthly kind in some lonely wadi among the Bedouins. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z In the chain of mountains which separates the two valleys, Brown found a deep depression or wadi, extending from the one to the other, at no great elevation above the bed of the river. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Copper was anciently found in the wadis of Upper Egypt and on the shores of the Red Sea. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z On the bank of a "wadi," the troops saw a big green tree, growing by itself, which the idolaters worshipped and looked upon with superstitious awe. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The last part of their ride, they were told, would be in the bed of a wadi; then over a ridge; and then the Devil's Well. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z These rivers, in short, become Arabian wadis, on which see Hast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z To the south is a wide wadi, a seasonal floodplain that divides Sangin, the most dangerous district patrolled by British troops in this country. Two Grenades and a Death at the Gym 2010-08-09T16:16:00Z Another team is dropped off along the parched riverbed, or wadi, to block anyone trying to escape in that direction, while another team, headed by company commander Maj. 2010-02-02T15:11:00Z Shortly before daybreak, we reached the "wadi" of Hunain, at the entrance of an extremely narrow and deep defile. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z In an hour or so they reached the wadi, and knew that they were nearing their destination. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z This wadi, which is some 63 m. long, obtains water by percolation from the Nile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" He made his way to the right, to the top of the wadi's bank and behind a clump of thorny bush. Black Man's Burden Elmer Allen scowled sourly and sat down, his back to the wadi wall. Border, Breed Nor Birth The essence of a woman's mind is jealousy; and when jealousy masters her, she is incapable of seeing in what direction runs the current of a wadi!' The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z I look back, as I descend into the wadi, and behold, thou art as beautiful in the day as thou art in the night. The Book of Khalid Probably, the sun had killed the pony, and Nicetas was crouched in some wadi waiting to be rescued. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The convoy, the motors growling their protests of the hard going even here at the gravel bottomed wadi river bed, made its way toward them at a pace of approximately twenty kilometers per hour. Black Man's Burden The course of the wadi we had left trended from south-east to north-east, on issuing from which we took the line on the western side of the Ghuwair, and easily descended over small eminences. Byeways in Palestine Near the water the soldiers made us climb down to the first story of a small wadi, where we sheltered under a shelf of rock which overhangs the whole end of it. Southern Arabia An hour’s walk, and the incarcerated wadi and its folk lie concealed behind. The Book of Khalid Climbing ridge after ridge of the dunes, we at last saw stretching before us in the moonlight the valley of Obak, an extensive wadi of mimosa and sunt trees. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Afterwards, the five of them, standing at the side of the wadi, stared down at their work. Black Man's Burden He conducted us to a well of good water, named Beer Mustafa, a little off the road, at the heading of the small wadi Krishneh; there we rested half an hour. Byeways in Palestine At rather a large one, where the wadi forks, and which we reached at eight o'clock, we were to begin our ascent. Southern Arabia When I first descended to the wadi, one such load of brushwood emerging suddenly from behind a cliff surprised and frightened me. The Book of Khalid Further on along the wadi I now noticed other groups of natives squatting on the sand doing sentinel over the primitive wells. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Every river bed is called in the Sahara a wadi. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People On crossing a shallow wadi named Fik’r, they told us of a spring of water to be found in it, at a good distance to the north-east. Byeways in Palestine When we reached the tableland we had to go a long way round to avoid a good many little wadis which were all quite steep, before we reached the water. Southern Arabia The darkness, too, which has not yet retreated from the wadi, must soon follow; for the front guard of the dawn is near. The Book of Khalid We resolved, therefore, to hurry on at once to the next well, that of Ariab; so we left the inhospitable wadi, and started at three in the morning on our next stretch of fifty-three miles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 The broad, dry bed of the wadi gave a fairly hard surface and all the morning would be dotted with manoeuvring infantry and cavalry, while even guns and camelry were not uncommon. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Often our cavalry would sight a Turkish patrol and away we went across the wadi into no-man's-land playing hounds to the Turkish hare. With Our Army in Palestine We ourselves were not at the appointed place, for we were kept pent into the little wadi. Southern Arabia I carry no note-book with me when I go down the wadi or out into the fields. The Book of Khalid The evening of the second day we camped in a long wadi, or shallow valley, full of mimosa trees, where our camels were hobbled and allowed to graze. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Here and there are palm or other evergreen trees, and in the low ground round the wadi are numerous fig trees. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 It was too far away from the wadi for us to draw our water there; nor in point of fact was there sufficient for our needs had we been conveniently near. With Our Army in Palestine We then turned a little to the south, then north again, and found ourselves among a quantity of wooded spurs, and on the edge of a deep wooded wadi. Southern Arabia To me, the discovery of a woodman in the wadi were as pleasing as the discovery of a woodchuck or a woodswallow or a woodbine. The Book of Khalid But pass after pass was traversed, and valley after valley crossed, and yet the wadi of Ariab, with its cool, deep wells of precious water, was still afar. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 On the 31st the Battalion moved to a new bivouac area closer to the wadi, screened from prying eyes at Gaza by a gentle rise in the ground. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 This was unpardonable, but the Turks noticed nothing out of the ordinary, and unerringly bombed the working-party in the wadi, quite content at finding so obvious a target. With Our Army in Palestine We encamped on the opposite side of the wadi from the town of Arrawa, which is perched on a raised plateau of earth banks. Southern Arabia Everything, except the river in the wadi below, is yet asleep. The Book of Khalid This wadi is a watercourse, which, in times of rain, carries off the water from the hills between Beersheba and the Dead Sea. With the British Army in The Holy Land Two stretcher bearers with one stretcher case set off for our line, but unfortunately got confused at the cross-roads and wandered into a wadi where they were captured. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 On the Beersheba side of the wadi and forming almost a semi-circle round the town is a broad, flat plain commanding which was Tel es Saba, the highest of all the surrounding hills. With Our Army in Palestine We scrambled down this wadi, and into the wadi to our right; the way truly was difficult, the valley narrowing and nearly blocked up by perfectly perpendicular cliffs. Southern Arabia On what hill, in what wadi, under what pines did he ruminate and extravagate, we could not from these idealised pictures ascertain. The Book of Khalid On either side of this wadi, distant a mile or so from its bed, are ridges which run approximately parallel to the wadi. With the British Army in The Holy Land The companies got across the wadi and turned inland just off the shore facing their objective, which was just sufficiently visible for a compass bearing to be taken. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Another party of the Australians scrambled across the wadi and made an attempt to cross the plain in face of the appalling fire that was poured into them. With Our Army in Palestine This wadi will form an interesting point for exploration when the Soudan is once more settled, and if these statements are correct it will be of considerable importance in the future development of the country. Southern Arabia In three hours, on my way to Byblus, I reach a hamlet situated in a deep narrow wadi, closed on all sides by huge mountain walls. The Book of Khalid About 6 miles inland, the Wadi Ghuzzeh is joined by a short tributary wadi, on the right bank, known as the Wadi Nukhabir. With the British Army in The Holy Land A party went down to the wadi and with infinite labour brought up some semi-liquid mud in waterproof sheets, but it was impossible to secure enough in this way. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 First the wadi had to be crossed, no easy matter, then the plain, which was heavily trenched. With Our Army in Palestine Wild beasts live in holes in these hills, and on the extreme top of the mountain my husband ascended, was found a big goat that had been killed in the wadi the night before. Southern Arabia Conquered on the heights, it retreats into the wadi. The Book of Khalid The point at which this wadi commenced was about a mile or so nearer to the enemy than the line of our positions opposite Gaza. With the British Army in The Holy Land We had to supply parties of 300, 500 and finally 600 for work in the wadi under R.E. direction, or to act as covering parties for such work. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 It was indescribable in the wadi, where we arrived towards midnight. With Our Army in Palestine An enthusiastic geologist would have enjoyed our next day's journey immensely; we went through such a strange weird volcanic valley—not a wadi, but a sheb, narrower and shallower. Southern Arabia In the thick of night, through the alcoves of the mountains, over their barren peaks, down through the wadi of oblivion, silently they pass. The Book of Khalid Owing to the steep banks of many of the wadis which intersected the area of operations, the routes passable by wheeled transport were limited, and, in many places, the going was heavy and difficult. With the British Army in The Holy Land The former consisted either in cutting ramps to enable traffic to get down the precipitous banks or in digging wells in the wadi bottom. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Here our position was at the edge of the wadi, fortunately in one of the places where water was fairly abundant both for horse and man. With Our Army in Palestine The floor of it was very up and down, and high rocks and little hills stood about, whereas the wadis are for the most part flat in the middle. Southern Arabia Leaving this throne of modern mythology, I cross many wadis, descend and ascend many hills, pass through many villages, until I reach, at Ghina and Masshnaka, the tomb of the mythology of the ancients. The Book of Khalid The other bridge across the wadi was a timber bridge, which carried the road. With the British Army in The Holy Land At the bottom of the valley ran a large wadi, broadening out till it reached the Wadi Ghuzzeh a mile south of the Red House. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 But the whole business seemed a gross waste of time and labour—unless you followed the wadi for about a mile farther along. With Our Army in Palestine But all round this ugly wadi there were high and fantastic mountains, range behind range. Southern Arabia The forest was continuous on our side of the wadi. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 The slopes were swept by machine-gun and rifle fire, and the beds of the wadis were enfiladed. With the British Army in The Holy Land The wadi hardly deserved the name of river to-day, but during the winter months it is sometimes covered with water to the depth of a few inches, flowing slowly down to the sea. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Just below the Crusaders' hill the sides of the wadi sloped gently down and it was possible to cross in comparative comfort. With Our Army in Palestine There are quicksands in some parts of the wadi. Southern Arabia Paths lined with stones ran in all directions, and almost every "villa" had its little garden of wild flowers, chiefly scarlet anemones transplanted from the wadi. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 It then winds up a wadi to Es Salt, whence it strikes due eastward to Amman. With the British Army in The Holy Land This attracted a great variety of birds, including flamingoes and storks, and on the bushes near the wadi were found these wonderfully nimble little green tree frogs. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Our counter-preparations were begun as soon as the infantry were firmly established on the western bank of the wadi. With Our Army in Palestine Enfilading the enemy these guns were raking his flank with fire, whilst he was preparing to make a final rush down into the wadi. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron It was a most picturesque wadi covered with olive trees, and what was more important with any amount of stones suitable for road-making just at hand. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 The sides of this wadi are at all points steep, at some precipitous, presenting in places an almost sheer drop of several hundred feet. With the British Army in The Holy Land At daybreak he reached the land of Peten and the wadi of Qem-uer on the line of the modern Suez Canal. Patriarchal Palestine At dark on the 18th we moved forward and crossed the wadi once again: the journey this time was made comparatively easy by the fine work of the engineers during the past fortnight. With Our Army in Palestine The wadi was now, more or less, clear of men and animals, although the place was littered with killed and wounded. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron This we were absolutely determined not to lose, so we sent it on ahead about ten miles and dumped it in a wadi with a couple of men to look after it. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 Available information about the wadi was thus restricted to reports and maps, and was none too ample or reliable. With the British Army in The Holy Land A wadi ran by the side of it; not a small Turkish dog, as Celia thought, but—well, everybody knows what a wadi is. The Sunny Side In the wadi the engineers were incessantly trying to improve the conditions. With Our Army in Palestine The ground selected for the burials was a little gully running off the main wadi. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron Wishing each other a very happy Christmas, we started on the last stage of our journey along the bottom of the wadi, which was almost a river, to our pitch in the Wadi Zait. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 Carrying out such a reconnaissance, upon a forward slope, under machine gun fire from across the wadi, was none too easy. With the British Army in The Holy Land From the inner slopes of the plateau numerous wadis take a direction towards the Sahara. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The moment they were clear of the foothills they galloped into an inferno of machine-gun fire at close quarters from the Germans and Turks occupying wadis and shell-holes all over the plain. With Our Army in Palestine On both sides of the wadi were high banks, or hills, 60 to 80 feet high, the surface of these being strewn with large rocks and boulders. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron The rest were mere donkey tracks over cultivated unbottomed ground in the valleys, and winding up wadis, over boulders, and through trees in the uplands and hills. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 But, once the bottom of the first wadi was reached, some cover was afforded for a breather. With the British Army in The Holy Land The most of the villages have their pond or reservoir, which they fill from one of the wadi, or brooks, during the rainy season. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time For a time all went well with the training of these Egyptians, until, as a test of their efficiency, night operations were ordered, which included a dash into a wadi and out the other side. With Our Army in Palestine At night we withdrew from the line, marched on to Tel-et-Turmus, north-west, and slept there in a deep wadi. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron The track down into the wadi was so steep and slippery from the rain that donkeys were actually lowered down in some places by their tails. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 So he had taken full advantage of the curves and hairpin bends of the wadi to place his machine guns in position sweeping the spurs and giving each other mutual support. With the British Army in The Holy Land They said there were many wadis in Nogal, but the largest one was in the Mijjertaine country, where its waters were deep and large, with extensive forest around it, frequented by numerous herds of elephants. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile Half-way through the wadi the road has on one side a deep, gloomy gorge, while on the other stretch gaunt hills terrible in their desolation and stony barrenness. With Our Army in Palestine At night, however, all shelling ceased and the troops were able to water their horses at 23.00 in the wadi, close to the station. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron The valley of the acacia would appear from the indications to have been by the sea, and probably in Syria; perhaps one of the half-desert wadis toward Gaza was in the writer's mind. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty The section at Ikba was withdrawing; the enemy, failing to realize that the spur A was occupied, rushed across to A intending to shoot up the wadi at the section withdrawing from Ikba. With the British Army in The Holy Land The wadis became roaring, tearing torrents fed by hundreds of tributaries, and men who had sought shelter on the lee side of rocks often found water pouring over them in cascades. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine At seven o'clock they attacked, and plastered the batteries in the wadi with shells till, at the end of two hours, the position became untenable, and an attempt was made to shift the guns. With Our Army in Palestine A small wadi to be crossed makes the pace still more uneven. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron Then we took the trail again and in due course took up a position in another part of the wadi, Tel el Fara by name, the second of the great boundary-hills built by the Crusaders. With Our Army in Palestine This advance was held up at the last wadi which was directly overlooked by, and subjected to, a heavy fire from Neby Musa. With the British Army in The Holy Land C company of Loyal North Lancashire Pioneers, and the 2/4th Field Ambulance specially equipped on an all-mule scale, moved to the wadi Surar in two columns. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Arab tradition has it that the river now flows underground, which probably accounts for the fertility of the wadi, or valley, and ultimately for the existence of the town. With Our Army in Palestine Packed in this wadi was the Brigade, absolutely at the mercy of the withering fire of the enemy, almost from overhead. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron With enormous difficulty, for the ground here was mainly sandstone, we dug burrows for ourselves on the bank of the wadi. With Our Army in Palestine The bed of the wadi is from a hundred to a couple of hundred yards wide and the surface level. With the British Army in The Holy Land To the Lowland Division was given the important task of getting to the right or northern bank of the wadi Hesi. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine At Maghdaba, some twenty miles down the wadi, they left a garrison in immensely strong positions, with orders, apparently, to delay our advance at all costs. With Our Army in Palestine This wadi ran right from the Turkish positions to the Jordan near the Squadron camp. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron The shaped stones for the foundations were brought by the railway as far as it had then reached and transported thence by night into the wadi. With Our Army in Palestine The Turk, at this time, held the line of the Wadi Ballut with such advanced posts as could deny to our patrols all access to the wadi. With the British Army in The Holy Land An aerial reconnaissance nearly a year before we took Jerusalem showed the Turks busily making trenches on the hills east of the wadi Surar. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine By some extraordinary oversight, the Turks had neglected either to fortify the wadi or even to leave outposts there; at any rate the crossing was accomplished with difficulty but without interference. With Our Army in Palestine The main line of railway was still a long way in the rear, and the landing of stores by the Navy at the mouth of the wadi Sukereir had not yet begun. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Big spurs run down to the wadi, the sides are rough even in dry weather, but when the winter rains are falling it is difficult to keep a foothold. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The intermediate country consisted of approximately flat "merjs," intersected with wadis, and dotted about with hills, villages, and other features of tactical importance. With the British Army in The Holy Land From the wadi rises a hill on which is Kustul, a village covering the site of an old Roman castle from which, doubtless, its name is derived. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine We had apparently crossed the wadi some distance to the east, for we went seven miles or thereabouts before we reached the wells, which were, however, only for the use of the men. With Our Army in Palestine The first part of the second phase consisted in reducing the enemy's main line from the Khalasa road to the wadi Saba, though the artillery bombarded the whole line. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The 179th and 181st Brigades of the 60th Division had won their trenches almost an hour earlier, and about 5000 yards of works were in our hands south of the wadi Saba. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine We still met with no opposition, until we put our heads up over the ridge, when we were greeted with a torrent of bullets from machine guns posted on the opposite side of the wadi. With the British Army in The Holy Land On both sides of the wadi olive trees are thickly planted, and on the terraced slopes vines yield a plentiful harvest. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine At the mouth of the wadi, which had to be crossed, there were shifting sands extremely difficult to negotiate especially at high tide. With Our Army in Palestine He saw the three men who had destroyed it running away, and he chased them into a wadi and machine-gunned them. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Jerusalem was won by the fighting at the Beth-horons as surely as it was on the line of hills above the wadi Surar which the Londoners carried. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine This wadi, it will be remembered, was to us terra incognita. With the British Army in The Holy Land The 180th Brigade's advance was a direct frontal attack on the hill, the jumping-off place being a narrow width of flat ground thickly planted with olive trees on the banks of the wadi Surar. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The mounted troops were disposed in various places along our right flank, some in the wadi, others more or less conveniently near; and they led an existence peculiar to themselves. With Our Army in Palestine The light railway was almost everywhere within range of the enemy's guns, and in some places it was unavoidably exposed, particularly where it ran on the banks of the wadi due south of Gaza. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine He had to consider the possibility of the enemy abandoning Gaza when Beersheba was captured, and falling back to the line of the wadi Hesi. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The slopes of the wadi were too steep for good shooting straight down the slope. With the British Army in The Holy Land The garrison of El Jib had been reinforced, and the enemy held the woods, wadi banks, and sangars in greater strength than before, while the artillery fire was extremely heavy. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine At this point the wadi narrowed appreciably, though there was little else to the uninitiated eye to recommend it as a crossing. With Our Army in Palestine That was good news, though even if they had got back to the wadi Hesi line it is doubtful if, when Sheria was taken, they could have done more than temporarily hold us up there. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine On the 7th November the 60th Division after its spirited attack on Tel el Sheria crossed the wadi and advanced north about two miles, fighting obstinate rearguards all the way. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Water supplies, of which excellent springs were discovered in the bed of the wadi, were developed; later, the cisterns on the hills were closed down to prevent mosquito breeding and malaria. With the British Army in The Holy Land The 74th, while waiting to advance, came under considerable shell-fire from batteries on the north of the wadi, and it was some time before their fire could be silenced. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine In the wadi itself the engineers had been labouring incessantly since its capture to bore wells for the troops holding it. With Our Army in Palestine And, as has been said, with Gaza secured we should still have had to face the enemy in a new line of positions about the wadi Hesi. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The New Zealanders and a number of General Cox's men crept up the wadi Saba, taking full advantage of the cover offered by the high banks, and formed up under the hill of Saba. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine By the evening the Anzacs held the country from Nejile to the north bank of the wadi Jemmameh, having captured 300 prisoners and two guns. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The Dorsets were brought up in small parties to join the Bucks in the wadi, and they had to run the gauntlet of shell and rifle fire. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine By cutting deep into the steep sides of the wadi they had made several really admirable roads sloping gradually down to the bed and up the other side. With Our Army in Palestine Except in the wadis the plain between Yebnah and Mughar offered no cover and was within easy range of the enemy's guns. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The dispositions having been made, the Bucks Hussars and Dorset Yeomanry got out of the wadi and commenced their mounted attack, the Berks battery in the meantime having registered on certain points. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The Berks were to enter the wadi immediately the Bucks had left it. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine It was hard to get horses into the wadi and equally troublesome to get them to bank again, and the wadi in most places was so narrow that horses could only move in single file. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine This was no light task, for with the summer drought drawing nearer every day the wadi was drying up rapidly. With Our Army in Palestine The 157th Brigade, after a march through very heavy going, got to the wadi at five in the afternoon and saw the enemy posted on the opposite bank. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The ground was as steep, but the hillsides were rougher, the wadis narrower, the patches of open flat fewer than in the districts where infantry operated. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The Bucks Hussars, in column of squadrons extended to four yards interval, advanced at a trot from the wadi, which was 3000 yards distant from the ridge which was their objective. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine It skidded to right and left, and only by the skill and coolness of my driver was I saved a ducking in a narrow wadi now full of storm water. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine About two miles from our position and under the shadow of Tel el Jemmi was a nullah, probably an off-shoot of the wadi, perhaps half a mile long by a couple of hundred yards broad. With Our Army in Palestine When the 6th Brigade got within two miles of the south-west of Beitunia they were opposed by 5000 Turks well screened by woods on the slopes and the wadi. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine At 1 A.M. these yeomen worked their way up the wadi Zeit to the head of that narrow watercourse at the base of the south-western edge of the hill on which the village stands. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Field guns were rushed forward at the gallop over ground broken by shallow wadis and up and down a very uneven stony surface. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine North of the new road the enemy's line ran round the southern face of a bold hill overlooking the village of Beit Iksa and along the tortuous course of the wadi El Abbeideh. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Rations were brought up by camels who made the stealthy and perilous journey across the mouth of the wadi nightly from Belah. With Our Army in Palestine To the north of the road is the wadi Farah, a great crack in the rocks which can only be crossed in a few places, and which a few riflemen could cover. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine The northerly advance to secure the line of the wadi Aujah was to follow. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine |
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