 He states that these "non-critical" works are largely loyal to the Jordanian regime and quotes "My memoirs" by Habes al-Majali, commander of the 4th Regiment; "The battles of Bad al-Oued" by Mahmoud al-Ghussan, one of the High Command officers; "On the road to Jerusalem" by Ma'n Abu Nuwar, an officer of the Arab Legion, Jordanian soldier and "Soldier with the Arabs" with John Bagot Glubb.Jordanian historiography declares Latrun as a great success of the Arab Legion in the defense of Jerusalem, where a contingent of 1,200 men resisted an assault of 6,500 Israeli soldiers, and claiming Israeli casualties of between 400 and 800 killed.Glubb claimed 600 deaths on the first assault and 600 others for the two after.