Sharon: An Israeli Caesar - Hardcover

on the night of Mlay 23, l948, as Arik Sharon lay surrounded by his men, on a rocky hillside facing the village of Latrun, he realized that something very serious had gone wrong with the attack against Latrun. The hitch had occurred at the very start of the action. Arik had led the entire fighting force from Kibbutz Nachson to the foot of the rise Where the Latrun police station sat. As they moved gingerly forward, a flare Went off. Sharon hit the ground; the rest of his men followed. Then the lsraeli units continued forward, but after they had crossed the main road to Jerusalem, a hail of deadly accurate fire descended on them. The platoon under Sharon survived most of the casualties as the rest of the force scattered to find cover The advance came to a halt. The first hint of dawn began to pale on the horizon.