The Detroit News. “Jerusalem Taken by the British”

AUCTION 19 | Tuesday, March 11th, 2003 at 1:00

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Lot 132

(LAND OF ISRAEL)

The Detroit News. “Jerusalem Taken by the British”

Printed Newspaper Broadsheet. Complete in twenty-six leaves Lightly browned and brittle at edges. Folio

Detroit, Michigan: December 10th 1917

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

Below the bold headline: “The Holy City Again in the Hands of Christians. Andrew Bonar-Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons today that Jerusalem, after being surrounded by British troops had surendered”