 According to Eugène Rogan , the Jordanian history of the war is essentially that of the recollections by Jordanian officers who took part in the fighting , or of nationalist historians . 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 . 
