HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES.
nov; strongly held. London, -Jan. 1. Palestine official: We further advanced our line north of Jerusalem between December 27 and 20. taking 750 prisoners. The enemy dead totalled 1008. Ending his message, Renter's correspondent writes: On the previous day the Welsh and Hereford? captured the main Turkish positions east of Jerusalem commanding all the valleys towards Jerusalem, the Jordan and the Deatf £ea after a stiff fight. Th'e first attempt was held up by enfilade fire along p. ridge the men had to cVoss, but they rushed it with the bayonet after dusk, the Turks as usual hot Waiting the coid etecl. With the linking up of tlie troops north-east of Jerusalem we hold an immensely strong line for its defence. Td-day we occupied Beitin, the ancient Bethel. The Turkish lorffls in the three davs' operations were extraordinarily heavy. Wd counted over 700 dead before one pdsition, and the enemy must have carried oif N a considerable nmnber as U tlie invariable practice. We captured (!C0 prisoners, including -10 officers. An estimate of the, total enemy losses *I6OOO is a low one.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1918, Page 5
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185HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES. Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1918, Page 5
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