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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX A Abdul Hamid, 159,199,228,261, 263 Abdullah Bey, 155-6, 161, 170, 309 Adowa, 6 Aeroplanes, 24, 141-2 Ahmed ben Montesor, 186 Ahmed ben Slama, 138 Ain-Zara, 81, 99, 101-4, 108-9, 112-4, 117, 135, 160, 165 Air-cushion as head-dress, 181 Akaba, 66 Algeria, 9 AH Fehmy Bey, 234, 277-8 Ambulance drill, 139 Ammonia, use of, 205 Ammunition, cheapness of cap-tured, 163 Animals--sufferings of, 274-5 treatment of--by Arabs, 213, 214, 215 by Turks, 52, 213 Arabs--appeal to England, 174 as raconteurs, 177 rabs (continued)--attacks by, 91, 95, 98, 121-5, 212 attempts to bribe, 23, 186 attitude to Italians, 43 avarice of, 186, 212, 213, 270 brutality of, 275 characteristics of, 212, 222 childishness of, 271 chorus-singing of, 178 compared with Boers, 28 compared with Romans, 222 contempt for Italian troops, 171 cruelty of, 52, 212, 213, 214, 215 curiosity of, 270 deceit of, 46, 212 dislike of rain, 290 disputes over money, 270 distrusted by French, 45 euphemism among, 298 fanaticism of, 187 fidelity of, 23 food of, 24, 176, 183 impetuosity of, 61 lack of discipline, 154 love of guns, 183, 196 Arabs (continued)--military qualities of, 77 mobility of, 175 Moussa Bey's influence over, 60, 61 mutilations by, 101 need little sleep, 177 night attacks by, 88-90, lit number of fighting, 28 patriotism of, 65, 185 payment of soldiers, 182-3 petty thefts by, 180 physical courage of, 135,139, 212 proper treatment of, 211 recklessness of, 77-8 relations of, to Turks, 181-2, 184 resentment of, 65 secrecy of, 26 superior to Italian soldiers, 44 tirelessness of, 176 waste ammunition, 117,152-4 Architecture, Arabic, 218, 219 Armenian massacres, 263 Arnaut, 68 Artif Bey, 70, 72, 266 Arum, 162 Aviation, difficulties of, 25 Azilat, 42, 70-2,120-1, 186,200, 234, ..
