IN PALESTINE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 5, 1 October 1918, Page 6

IN PALESTINE

OPERATIONS EAST OF THE JORDAN

BRITISH JUNCTION WITH THE ARABS '

ffioc.-Seßtembcr 30, 7j35 p.m.) London, Sepitomber 29. A British, official report: i'roin Pales-' t,ine states:—"Throughout; September 2? the enemy resisted in i?ne Lake Tiberias area, holding the crossings of tho Upper Jordan at Jiur-ben-Atyakud and the positions about Irbftl and Efremete, astride the roads to Mosserib and Deraa. A brigade 6t Australian Light Worse at the eren'ing forced tho passago to the soitth bf thi; Jisr-ben-Atya- . kud.. On the morning ; of September 28 the enemy was driven out of his positions on the Upiior Jordan, and we crossed to tho left bai:k, undertaking "repair to the bridge. The cavalry overcame .the resistance of the Turks at Irbid and .Erremete, ajid on tho morning of September 28 drove the enemy northwards through Ijfezereb, junctioning with King Sussfien's Arabs at Deraa. Tho latter captured the stations at Ezra and Gbazale, and entered Deraa and fjhiek R'saad, M miles nonth-west of Deras,, on September ■■%!, taking 1500 prisoners. Wβ, in conjunction ■ with the Arabs, were ar> proaching'Mezerib on the evening of September 28. TVe took prisoner in tho southern area by September 27 3700, and' enpturod 28 guns in the operations eastward of the Jordan, and are in contact with the enemy about El Kastal, 14 J mifee southward of Aniraan, compelling a Turkish retreat from Ammnan. Up to the evening of September 27 we have oounted 50,000. prisoner and 325 guns."—Aus.-N.. Cable Assn. ■ cabinet; congratulates the ; , troops. London, September 27. The War Cabinet has congratulated General Allenby and the troops on the brilliant and decisive victory, which is not only, an unrivalled feat of arms, but will have, a profound effect on the situation in the Near and Middle East. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THANKSGIVING - SERVICES IN ENGLAND. . (Rec. September 30, 10 p.nu) London,' September 29. . Special thanksgiving. services itor the delivery of the >Holy Land were held in the London churches.—Renter.