THE CONQUEST OF PALESTINE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 97, 17 January 1918, Page 5

THE CONQUEST OF PALESTINE

SPLENDID TRIBUTE TO COLONIAL j CAVALRY. j (Rec. January 16, 11.30 p.m.) ( London, January IS. The story of Australia's and New Zealand's share in the capture of Palestine is coming out, revealing feats of combat, endurance, and' horsemanship worthy to rank wtih the greatest cavalrv achievements in history. General A'llenby daringly played for the highest stakes, and risked everything in a great cavalry coup, m which the Australian Light Horse and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles were the leaders, backed by ' splendid Yeomanry. Lack of water alone , prevented the capture of the Turkish army earlier than the fall of Jerusalem. An officer.from Palestine, interviewed, said that he had been lost in admiration of the feats of the Light Horse, who lived for two years like blacks in hell-holes, their monotony varied by occasional patrol encounters, and their only furlough being in Egypt, of which they were utterly fed iip. Many suffered from septic sores, but.they were never dispirited, and felt overjoved when the time for action came.—United Service. The most notablo feature of tho campaign was tho extraordinarily long rides in waterless country on short rations, horses and men suffering seriously. The Turks fought bravo, retreating actions. General Chauvel's leadership was supremely good. The story of the great charge of the Fourth Regiment at Beersheba, under General Grant, is like an epic. The men dashed in with the bayonets after a thirty-mile night march, and fought victoriously all day. AIR AND PATROL RAIDS. (Rec. January 16, 7.15 p.m.) t, London, January 15. An official dispatch from Palestine states: "In spite of the weather our aircraft bombed tho Jenin aerodrome and Annan station, on the Hedjaz railway with good results. There is considerable patrol activity on the Jerusalem sector. We raided Mukhmas village, taking prisoners.. Similar activity prevails on the coastal sector eastward and northward of Jaffa."— [Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. I .„ . i FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE REFERENDUM REJECTED. (Rec. January 16, 1.10 a.m.) London, January 15. The House of Lords has rejected by DO votes to 63 a proposal for a referendum among women on tho ques- . tion of women's suffrage.—Rcutor.