MIZPAH STORMED.
COUNTER-ATTACKS BEATEN OFF. SAMUEL'S TOMB BOMBARDED. Received Nov. 25, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 24. Palestine official: We stormed on Wednesday Ncbisamwil ridge, which is the site of ancient Mizpah, 5000 yards westward of Jerusalem on the Ablus road, We beat off repeated, counter-attacks. ' The enemy bombarded the mosque containing the traditional tomb of the prophet Samuel, which we carefully avoided. Our mountods, which npBeitunia on Wednesday, were 'forced Hack by a strong counter-attack. We are now holding Beiturefoka. The weather is bright but cold. Monday's successful action, westward of Euryetelenat, was due to the gallantry of the Somerset, Wiltshire, and Guakha regiments.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19171126.2.33
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1917, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
104MIZPAH STORMED. Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1917, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.