Egypt

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 27, 28 December 1916, Page 5

Egypt

THE EL ARISH SUCCESS. Press Association—Copyright, Austra. lian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, December 27. Mr Massey, the war correspondent, warmly praises the horseme nand camelry for their day and nig'lt march over extremely difficult country, the great precision of the movement enabling the town to be surrounded. Mr Massey, Who accompanied the convoy to El Arish, says the first eight miles consisted of rolling billows ot sand, deep valleys and plentiful scrub dunes that have sharp crests and steep sides like cliffs, necessitating long and tortuous windings. The hooi marks in the terrific gradients showed that whole regiments had scaled the giddy paths in the yielding sand. It was almost incredible that these intrepid horsemen had ascended by seemingly impossible steps. The difficulties near El Arish appeared to oe insurmountable, and that, perhaps, explains the Turkish neglect to construct trenches; yet they were all overcome. DEVELOPMENTS IN SINAI. MOUNTEDS MAKE PROGRESS. ppjfss Association —Copyrigfit, Australian apd N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.55 a.m.) Cairo, December 27. The situation at Sinai is developing satisfactorily. The mounteds are well beyond El Arish, and the southern portion of Sinai is being cleaned.