PALESTINE.
JERUSALEM CUT OFF. RJEKISn RETREAT OROWIXC MORE ' RAPID. Received Nov. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Xov. IS. taft Mawey, the war correspondent, fclcgraphfng on Wednesday, states that the Turkish retreat is growing more > ■ rapid. General Allenby's strategy -inil . ' anhomitablc soldiers are inflicting tlic fteariest losses on the stubborn foe. Yesterday we aeewed a position runling north and south of the Wadv Rubin, froip which to strike at the important junction ot the Deorslieba-Jcnisalem anil JiuTa-leriiaaJem railway. Determined oppo'itinji' waß shown at the villages of • ■ Mughar and Katrah, but it broke down r. . Defore the Seottisi'. Territorial'. North- •' wards of Mnghar the Midlnn I Yeomanry, ffitJi great gallantry, charged weil-iicirl positions, taking eleven hundred prisonjrs and two guns. To-day at dawn the infantry moved to ■ . jeiw- the junction and cut the railway and prevent its use by the enemy for :t. -the- cifrriage of material. Our aircraft , , had previously bombed the station, which «ve captured during the morning, i. •- iitfril*alsm is now cut off from railway {outmunicaticn with Damascus VALIANT SCOTSMEN
A iIOTTXD TAivF.X, LOST \ND REGAINED. 2TRKB BAYOXF.TTKD A.VD SMASHED. Received N'or. IS, 11.0 p.i... I.oniion, .Nov. if. Sir. Massey slates that a mound ncni Mughar and Katrah which was covered with Turkish dead, speaks eloquently of lite valcr of the Scotsmen. The Turks trenches and gunpits commanding the flat ground, but th" Scots took the mound, dafpitc the tremendous machln-.--pnn and artillery fire. A counter-attack drove the Scots out. They retired for 2(i:> yards, then reformed and asain cl urged under a terrific Are, and, getting lo grips, bayonetted and smashed the sTurl:s. A FURTHER ADVANCE. •SnTHIN XHREK MILES OF JAFFA. XF.W ZEAT-ANDERS" TiAYOXET WORK. >K=. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Renter IVceiyed Xov. IS. 5 5 p.m. London, Xov. 17. Figt-ft. oflWal: We festerday readied tiie line Ramh'h-Ludt to three miles «ontltvrnrd of .TalTa. fh" New Zealand mounted troops tlrove liaek n Tnrki'!' attack by a bayojiet charge. inHirting heavy losses. 'lite (otal prisoners taken sinrc Ontotier 31 exceeds 9000.
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>I,STItALMXS MAKE TMrm:T \\"T CAPTURE 1 ?. ENTRENCHING NORTH OF JAFFA Jku?. and X.Z. Cable Assoc. and Renter. Received Nov. 18, 11.5 p.m. London, Nov. 18. H'lie Sultan of Egypt lias conferred, on Cacral Allenby the decoration of Grand Cordrm of the Nile. Palestine official: There wore minor advances yesterday on certain sections of cttr front. The Yeomanry on Thursday took the lAdis Husbeh ridgo, five miles south-east ■of Bamleji, taking SCO prisoners. The yeomanry carried the position at the gallop and 431 Turks were counted on *be ground. The Australians, in taking XI Tineh, captured a large number of Blisoncrs, 3 aeroplanes, and considerable tmmimition and stores. The Turks are reported to be endeavoring to prepare ita entrenched position -northward of Jaffa, parallel with the Auja river.
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