PALESTINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1917, Page 5

PALESTINE.

HARASSING THE TURKS. BARD WORK ON HEAVY GROUND. London. Nov. 11. '3rfr. Massey telegraphs: Interest on Hmrsday centred on the position which » Turkish division was holding in the 'Atawinch sector,' south-eastward of Gaza.

Though, deprived of support on the tight and left it held the trenches and redoubts and was heavily shelled. We had begun on Wednesday to, get round both flanks, an'd the Anzac mounted Ineh tried to move across the rear. Apparently the enemy had determined to remove the bulk of the troops at night, leaving the trenches lightly held. The Weak Countrymen got these early in the morning.

The afternoon brought indications that the Turkic were retreating, when a big ammunition store was blown up a long Way in his rear. . Scottish Territorials had marched during the night thirteen miles across the sand dnnee, with the sand ankle-deep throughout, to high ground northward of WadiHesi, preventing the Turks using the railway for removal of material. The Scots brought up their field guns pud heavy batteries, a wonderful feat over the, terrible ground. The Turks felt the weight of metal from these, and lit Lahihanun moved out of the way.

Our troops on the east meanwhile were overcoming difficult conditions. irishmen, Londoners, and others, by long mttthts-and spells of hard fighting, Blade progress and, with the dismounted Seomanry, displayed fitness and determination. Their keenness was whetted by their trials, The work of the mounted Yeomanry, Australians, and New Zealanders was taagtrificent. ' Aeroplanes bombed two bodies of forks, numbering 5000, near the coast between geneid and Medjel. The fliers sJso got many with their machine-guns tod bonked columns of transport «ta|ion» sad aerodromes.

ADVANCE CONTINUED.

GACLAOT YEOMANRY. TWELVE GUNS CAPTURED. Him. wid N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Nov. 12, 8.30 p.m. . London, Nov. 11. Egypt, offkial: General Allenby's adnaftt yr W continued on Saturday, the left wing being in the neighborhood of ' Badud (anciently called Ashdod). The enemy"! rearguard had occupied the line •fang the northern branch of the Wadi Snkerfer. The Royal Flying Corps effaetaaUy bombarded the Wadi Surar {{unction. iPur mounteds, on Friday, captured Ore howitzers, eight field guns, and 710 prisoner*. As the battle field covers WO square miles the list of booty is incomplete. The Warwickshire and Worcestershire Beomanry, on Thursday, near Huj, in fbt face of heavy gun, machine-gun and lifts fire, charged with the greatest gal(■utTy a large body of the enemy and Captured twelve guns, killing and wounding the Austrian gunners.