Turkish defense mechanisms consisting of sharpened stakes, steel hoops, ditches, and barbed wire entanglements, used in an attempt to impede the British advance in Palestine during World War One. This photo was taken on October 26, 1918, and is part of the collection "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One" under subject number 48427.

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