June 23.
With the fall of Damascus the frst import~ ant success in Syria has been gained by the forees of Great Britain and Free France. The capture of this city has been made possible by columns advancing from the southwest, the south and eastwards from Iraq, where a force reaching Palmyra probably put an end to any intention of the Vichy command to continue the struggle to retain the city. The whole movement had to be carried out-with caution, chiefly because of the Moslem sently ment revolving around Damascus, and the necessity of doing as little as possible to harm. the ~susceptbilities of the Mohammedan
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