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    Hit-and-run tactics on a broad front cut communication, eventually causing enemy garrisons to wither on the vine. By war’s end the Arabs had gained control of some 100,000 square miles while holding 600,000 Ottoman soldiers in passive defense. Arabs had killed or wounded 35,000 enemy…

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    Hit-and-run tactics on a broad front cut communication, eventually causing enemy garrisons to wither on the vine. By war’s end the Arabs had gained control of some 100,000 square miles while holding 600,000 Ottoman soldiers in passive defense. Arabs had killed or wounded 35,000 enemy…

    Read More