A unique panoramic view of the old walled city of Jerusalem, taken from the Mount of Olives in ...

A unique panoramic view of the old walled city of Jerusalem, taken from the Mount of Olives in early 1918. The capture of Jerusalem by the British Army on 9th December 1917 ended the 400 year rule of the Turks and was greeted with tremendous excitement by Christians and Jews alike. The Arabs of the city probably viewed the arrival of the British in as much the same way as the occupation by the Turks. General Allenby, the British Commander-in-Chief, formally entered the city on 11 December 1917. He approached the city from the west, passing small detachments drawn up along the Jaffa road representing all the troops under his command, and entered the city on foot through the Jaffa Gate. Captain Hugo Throssell VC led the Australian detachment.
Captain Frank Hurley did not allow sufficient overlap between the centre and right hand plates and a sliver from another similar image, P03631.103, taken on the same day, has been digitally inserted between the two plates. This is a composite panorama made up of three separate colour Paget Plates. It is a digitally combined image and is only available as a digital print. The three images are available separately at P03361.109, P03631.110 and P03361.111. The same composite panorama is also available in black and white and is held at B01718P.