1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Page 22
1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Page 22
Notes on despatches
Peirse “Namas” (nomads a full tribe such as they counted it) is dry way out in the [illegible] of their headland ranges, and evidently thus a numerous biran people; more, Branch tells, than nomads and tribes generally hold. The core town where they spend most of the yearly foul
weather is Safarawaidd [illegible] The natural town is too much for a full town except when they want to keep together, or in winter.
To me (I have had enough & march also) it had this very question, what will we have it from them, except for Jemsih and Borad Sidi, a place to break our march. Their heads, a – Sheihad I suppose, came twice to talk of the weekly alliance, and came out with nothing useful “not pro misstake not pro death: the thing is pot and goat-brands of money, not pro-side beyond consign, a promised -“
I replied not : I am thought the visit into its guards across which the Hawalhuwair were putified in that. Peabod for rousing first. The “Amra” Branch was making a “Girish” man who “came to me munted” – Boiko en Boasts Two Paths add the legend:
“So why do those mosques and instinct readers of the hospitals back compound from-day yesterday with the season in its towis
and here is the [illegible] of its power session:- He nation: it would one addition, said in two sections, it would in air a set looser; buy a dam of forces -on night-rovers; establish in warts – the goatskins; from somewhere I came here,” he averred to me, “for I had a Darwish who stammed something – so I had gone many for no in half an Aborigine besides farther misery from mine as well, give in to the [illegible]. Your attached Company (I am afraid on it) from frap Sheikhs Abu [illegible].”
This, mind you, is in a road & the Oath Or Haran & the 1915 front of the later action huts. To myself cam bounty of a branch & feu far as gats and Allenby’s Head-Quarters. Also the Camel Staffos have used it at [illegible] had. The Castleriads – (Town, privates a now in right) their actions formed the [illegible] Corps’ headquarters.
To night the night & night was ended. On the 24th we had a Turk in flames at Homs & then were commanders Affarid by, our most powerful [illegible]-. The son at out side and outrageous attacks. There was no end talk of Op: [town], to provided the bashes of the bodies: But their to drapeau it “not intended into a French farvi.” Of aout hut a Sheihad was our in tents and on a tint. Crash of Alia.
Tomorrow’s instructure of the suburbs’ raid: one walk up me the sections, when [illegible
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