turmus-kustineh-yasur

Updated: July 31, 2026

While the 75th Division was forcing back the line Turmus-Kustineh-Yasur and Mesmiyeh athwart the road to Junction Station the 155th Brigade attacked Katrah. The whole of the artillery of two divisions opened a bombardment of the line at eight o'clock, but the Turks showed more willingness to concede ground on the east than at Katrah, where the machine-gun fire was exceptionally heavy.

William Thomas Massey - How Jerusalem Was Won: Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine