PALESTINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1917, Page 5

PALESTINE.

6*ffiAT >toGRESS MADE. ACCOUNT OP OPERATIONS. Reeeiv*4 8e<5.1, 5.5 p.m. Renter "Service. London, Nov. 30. Jteuter'a correipbndent, writing from - l&iaqnarUr* on Thursday, says the troops have;made great progress ■Slice tMs l#st fljspaieh. The advance posts nqw hold the hill of Neby Samuel, / which **■ the Mount Iyoy of the Cru- ' gaders' day. .^he® o they obtained the first view of the> Holy City. We advanced !roil the west, threatenIng'the main roads leading to Jerusalem kiul Scheckem, the modern Nablpus. Our prdjgiess Was net .isiy or undisputed. rhW. jails lend themselves to yuif»naiv« tate rbiiky'slopes.' fnterfeectM.'bJ tteep "andirarrow defilea. Only tAttrable wlis left, which (he Turks mined, in several places. We RestoredStf,wiiliSut BUieh difficulty. The niln last 'jfresitly intensified the of, the men. The nights are jklready .^WJlyj:. The Scottish inade a'pathway lix miles long helped to man-handle the guns'to Ten&lethetn to be brought effective action. Despite otherwise unfavorable circumstances the' Turkß put up a stout resiat- ' ' at Latroun,. where the Jaffaferusakm»and Gm-Jerusalem roadj neet. affcn tenaciously the , ridge of el Tenab, the Biblical to a Gtark" B Md - Somersets, supported 6y Wiltsliires. The Turkish headquarter seemto have beeh. trinsfierred t 6Mablosis. The main itrength aMieaxs. concentrated at this place both of which,are joined iy a strategic railway running to Rambh, andMjio hold'Nablous, Shanshef, ufjl JeruMem,tWith the qhief display of BtreiSgth, Sn th« mighborhood of Birch el Jid, "better known'as Gideon. Yesterday ;aijil the previous day Oa enemy - exerted considerable pressure • . Uong our front. The attacks at Neby 3afaueT were hbaten off. *oßr^vSftors" KaVe accounted for nine-" teen .enemy planes since the beginning of s'A TURKISH RU6H. JAUSffcAIiAN ,MOUJ?TEDS DEAL : WETS THE ENEMY. Becelved Dec. 2, 11.30 p.m, t London, Dec. I. Palestine official: The enemy rushed tar advanced' Works on Thursday night Mi the'south hank of the Xahraiya, in tin vicinity of Biffeeet el Jamus, estab(ishinglrlnifielf close to our line. The Australian, mounteds on Friday norning surroundedthe detachment, taking prisoner 1,48. We took 306 prisoners gu Friday at Beit Ur. el Fokfca. SfULTANOR BRITAIN. \ WHOSHALLBULEt • • v Amsterdam, Nov. 30. i 'A wfrefegg message says that Profes'tat Hoetxep, in thi Ereuz Zeitunei, admits- the seriousness of the Palestine situation for Turkey and her allies. He points .out that tK& question is whether the'ftajtan or Briton shall rule the Moslem world. He aidds:' "The Central Powers, having more Argent troubles nearer home, are now compelled -to ; abandon Persia and Egypt! Their Oriental polity was not pltniied on the basis of Turkey being deprived lof Mesopotamia, Arabia and Palestine,, and their guarantee of Turkey's integritycan only be carried out by negotiation. Therefore Germany ought not to tie her hands regarding the securities sha-holds in Eastern Europe, as she Will; need them" when negotiating with herenemiefc, who also hold securities." : ' '■ ■: • ■ • -r. ■?,