“But here we see a part of Lawrence's army coming down one of the narrow valleys towards Akaba — in regular formation! And it was in this fashion that he succeeded in leading his men over the top of this range of peaks known as King Solomon's Mountains. They swept down on Akaba and took the Turks by surprise! With the fall of Akaba this Arabian Revolution was transformed from a purely Arabian affair into an invasion of Syria — an affair of world wide importance, because it hastened the collapse of the Turkish Empire.”
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