They were completely "done". No doubt they were, in some cases,
able, later on, to join up, but in their present state their riders had
taken their saddles off and had lain down beside them, to sleep. For the
moment these men had nothing further to do, but they must have run a
serious risk from hostile natives when the Brigade had passed by. At 04.00
the next morning we emerged upon the open Plain of Esdraelon.[20]
FOOTNOTES:
[20] _The Plain of Esdraelon stretches across Central Palestine, and
has an average width of about 10 miles. It forms a wide break between
the Mountains of Galilee on the north and those of Samaria on the
south. It has always been a great battlefield; in the Bible it is
called the Plain of Jezreel; see Judges iv, 3, v, 21, vi, 1; I Sam.
xxix, xxxi; I Kings xx, 25; Josh. xvii, 16._
A GREAT MOVE!
Now was to take place an interesting development in the operations. With
Nazareth within fairly close reach, our objective was at hand. We formed up
as quickly as possible in "Line of troop column," and then moved along the
plain to the east, heading slightly towards the north, gradually nearing
the north side as we proceeded forward.
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