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Gen. Wavell Arrives in Palestine to Command British Forces

MAJOR-GENERAL ARCHIBALD P. WAVELL ARRIVED HERE TODAY TO ASSUME COMMAND OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN, SUCCEEDING LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN G. DILL. HIGH COMMISSIONER WAUCHOPE WILL LEAVE FOR A TWO-MONTH VACATION IN GREAT BRITAIN, IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED TONIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY.

August 27, 1937
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MAJOR-GENERAL ARCHIBALD P. WAVELL ARRIVED HERE TODAY TO ASSUME COMMAND OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN, SUCCEEDING LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN G. DILL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER WAUCHOPE WILL LEAVE FOR A TWO-MONTH VACATION IN GREAT BRITAIN, IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED TONIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY.

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