CAPTURED IN PALESTINE.
GERMAN AND TURKISH
TROOPS
An unsuccessful attempt by Turkish and German troops to capture a salient in the Jordan Valley held by the New Zealanders is described in a letter written by a New Zealand soldier on July 15th: “They attacked at 2.30 a.m./‘ says the soldier. “Two battalions of German shock troops;, were brought down to attack the head of the salient, while Ihe Turks pushed in on the left Hank. The Germans pushed in ail right, and cut oil some of our posts, but at daylight wo counter-attack-ed and took them prisoner—about 500, besides 70 Turks. The Turks on the left let them down’ by not advancing. The temperature was 120 deg., and the Turks wo got were famished for want of water, some of them being quite mad. V c took them down to the River Auga, and they all plunged in like dogs. The whole thing was quite a Gilbert and Sullivan affair, except the shelling, which made the place an inferno.’’
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1884, 1 October 1918, Page 3
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169CAPTURED IN PALESTINE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1884, 1 October 1918, Page 3
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