T.E. Lawrence discovered the terms of the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement early on while serving as a British intelligence officer in Cairo

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T.E. Lawrence traveled to the Red Sea with British officer Ronald Storrs to find ways to revitalize the Arab Revolt

General Edmund Allenby took command in Cairo following two disastrous frontal assaults at Gaza overseen by his predecessor

In October 1917, T.E. Lawrence told British Member of Parliament George Lloyd that he was no longer fighting for the British government, but for the Arabs

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The Arab Revolt began four months before T.E. Lawrence arrived in the Arabian Peninsula

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In 1917, T.E. Lawrence conducted an extensive reconnaissance journey north to Damascus and Baalbek before the campaign against Aqaba

T.E. Lawrence served as the British liaison officer controlling the disbursement of British funds and supplies to Arab tribal forces