WITH THE EGYPTIAN FORCES
MOUNTED OPERATIONS AT GAZA Oairo, May 13. The .Australian Light Horse and tte Mounted Yeomanry are constantly harrying the enemy at Gaza, taking prisoners almost daily. They seized 429 men in minor encounters during April. The.aircraft are also active, in reconnoitring, and bombing troops and lines of communication. Tho British artillery fire is most effective, and scores.many direct hits on the enemy guns. Munition dumps and an ammunition store were blown up, the latter exploding with a vast detonation which was heard for miles.—Reuter. . ' '} JEWS HARRIED FROM PALESTINE London; May J3. Reuter's Agency loams that all Jews were expelled from Jaffa (Palestine) at the Passover, and compelled to flee to the north. They were robbed during their flight and their homes were looted and. destroyed. Those wko resisted, vere hanged. Thousands wandered on the roads, helpless and starving, and others were deported to an unknown destination, including masses of young Jews from Jerusalem.—Renter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3084, 15 May 1917, Page 5
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157WITH THE EGYPTIAN FORCES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3084, 15 May 1917, Page 5
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