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AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS TOOK POSSESSION OF THIS ANCIENT CASTLE BUILT BY THE CRUSADERS ON A HILL OVERLOOKING SIDON. CAPTURED BY THE AUSTRALIANS DURING THE ADVANCE INTO SYRIA, SIDON WAS DECLARED AN OPEN TOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THIS HISTORIC AREA.
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WHO HAVE CONSTITUTED THEMSELVES "KINGS OF THE CASTLE" TAKE POSSESSION OF THIS ANCIENT EDIFICE BUILT BY THE CRUSADERS ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THE ANCIENT CITY. SIDON WAS CAPTURED BY T
SYRIA. IMMEDIATELY UPON THE CAPTURE OF SIDON BY THE BRITISH FORCES IT WAS DECLARED AN OPEN TOWN AND A PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED POINTING OUT THAT THE BRITISH HAD NO INTENTION OF USING THE TOWN FOR ANY M
INSIDE THE CASTLE, OVERLOOKING SIDON, BUILT BY THE CRUSADERS AND HELD BY THE BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCING ACROSS LEBANON. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
SYRIA. LOOKING ACROSS FROM THE MAIN SQUARE OF SIDON, RENDEZVOUS OF BUSINESS MEN WHO CONDUCT THEIR TRANSACTIONS OVER INUMERABLE CUPS OF COFFEE, ONE HAD AN UNINTERRUPTED VIEW OF THE OLD CHATEAU SIDON, W
Syria. Although this ancient castle of the crusaders was used by the Vichy French as an observation post and machine gun nest, it was not further damaged during the successful Australian attack.
SYRIA. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, LEFT IN COMMAND OF THE TOWN OF SAIADA, TAKE A SIGHT-SEEING WALK ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF THIS ANCIENT AND HISTORIC PORT. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
