Sir, Smith, Ross Macpherson, 1918, Manuscript, PRG 18/17/48
Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written in Palestine. Speaks of 42,000 prisoners captured, the Infantry breaking the front line and the Light Horse making in through and around the back of the Turkish Army. Also mentions bombing runs including bombing Jenin aerodrome twice, runs of Bristol aeroplanes and bombers all day, flight run up to Haifa, troops away up north of the Sea of Galilee, and the whole of the Turkish Army being captured in those parts.