A monument commemorating the second crossing of the Yarkon by the 52nd Scottish Division from south to north. Hill Square in Tel Aviv is named after the division commander, General John Hill
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There are two other pillars in Tel Aviv to mark this crossing : Kikar Hill
Click for sign's details, Tel Quadadi near the Yarkon estuary
Click for sign's details The monument was photographed that day
Click for a larger image Other parts of the monument are shown here:
Board 2 -
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Click for a larger image The following text is engraved on the pillar:
[Hebrew text]
Click for a larger image And on the other side of the pillar the text in English:
ON THE NIGHT 20TH-21ST DEC 1917
THE 155TH BRIGADE 52
ND (LOWLAND) DIV
CROSSED THE AUJA AT THIS SPOT
BY RAFTS AND A LIGHT BRIDGE & TOOK THE TURKISH
POSITIONS ON KH HADRA
Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
The emblem of the city of Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan Municipality
A monument
To mark the conquest of the Yarkon crossings in the battle between the British and Turkish armies during the First World War.
[Board 2]
On Friday, December 20, 1917, the 155th Brigade of the 52nd British Division under General Hill commanded the Yarkon in this raft and on a light bridge and occupied the Turkish positions.
[Board 3]
With the victory of the British army, the front line was pushed north, to the area of Herzliya-Netanya today.
After ten months the British stormed north and conquered Samaria and the Galilee.
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