ALLENBY'S TRIUMPH.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1919, Page 7

ALLENBY'S TRIUMPH.

SMAS2CTG '.CHE ISS3S. • TEE GKRuT 3V/&EI' NOSTE. (Commonwealth Ofiieiai.—Copyright) Daißascsis, Oct. 5. The night before the bombardment preceding General AUenbys dramatic victory over the Turks there was in our camp close behind the line an atmosphere of confidence- Every trooper was excited at the thought oi a true cavalry .charge. The Anzac Mounted Division was still in the line in Jordan Valley. During many nights before the push .every road aa the coastal sector was crowded with alow moving, well ordered traffic. By day all was Eormhl except for significant glimpses of camps in the wide olive groves around Ludd anil in ■ thii orchard!) and orange groves about. J alia. But as darkness fell the whole couotvyside would throng with masses of hoise, and toot, and every load of transpoxt groping theis way through blinding clouds of dasi The roads were iznp&ffiabie outside the or-" ganiseci columns; the Eight was loud with tfce ahonis *i ikmcaa. Breaking meay hmgajiges. ""jGnf bcmbardmeßt opened at thwn wife a fesy heavy barrage, 3?or half ■m hoiw the startled Turks were wittered iu their trenches. Then abruptly tae bombardment teased. At the time I was a. few miles behind with the Australian Mounted Division, which was not intended fo;: tie first cavalry dish. ''Mow ihe infantry," said & brigadier of hoirsft,, as tlw gunning stopped, "And then! . .

Kevsi- had -pitas worked out Tilth greater preeisioa. Ail went so cleanly and rapidly that Che overthrow of the Trirta aid tiws sensational collapse of what ig in itseiS a great war, calls for very little description. Throughout, the victory has been a triumph for the staff, the a'opply eohncEs, end tH6 air foiee, as much as- for the fighting gunner, infantryioaa, or cavalry man- The 'bombardment on the western Sharoa eeccor was a snprise: the Turks' strength had beta misled away larthei- east. Our battalioEs leaped forward as the gunniag died,away, and earned fe Torlcish treachts at'tei- very brie* straggle. WsthiE half qb anr tas infantry had a; gap ciea? for "a great force o* Indian siud "Seomaa cavalry sear the coast, and soon afterwards another gap was open a few Julias inland. Th« expectant horscasei. jumped off iike thorcugfcbreas f;om tie atextag jr.te

rim cataisy M>m, ' ! '.'.hey roele away ia tub sunrise, ihe advanced trotticg out after tto groctiid scouts, the Sank patrols galloping T.-itie, brigade After brigade «v«r tho i'oihiHg aandhjdas. l ; he i«ei» were et-ger a the horses lougiit for thaar heaas. The sworas of the Yeomanry flashed, and Indira, Uiac-ea gliated iioiu cich stfecejßswt siyiiiae. It wits tfie war scene of tha picture Quickening th 6 j/&ce tie regiaeats saesi ©a t«st our guns, most of which were already limbered ip few the pvcfSHit. ®a» infantry, has 7 with their prisoners, cheered them as fcaey p«aed, aad. 6QO~x thsy were speeding dowa on Turks whe had fled from this onslaught of via* laiantry. But their sport with sword and lsisce was biieJ. On this Sharon sector the enemy Etad eo forward reserves. Still h>o:'» jihenomeßal vhm the atosenee of any i-aserva deieace. The Turkish front line depended for its safety on one trench ays tern. '.From the crossing of tho trenchos until tCiey reached the Esdraelon Plain late in the night, the cavalry encountered ao fighting enemy. Oacs or twi« they sighted amsJl bodies of Turks, and mads for them at ,the galloj- Bet the enemy v7ou!d sot gire battle. The campaign was not three hours old before there began tha series of almost bloodless surrenders, which have teen vie most amazing feature of tkifl sleepless fortnight, The perfection of our organisation was revealed very early. The cavalry was scarcely dear of ths trench system before scores of field-guns were rumbhivg ia their viks- And pressing on after tie artS'cry by many tracks, good and bad, went mile sifter mile of camels aid wheeled transport. Where tht> cavalry went the supplies must follow and tfle cavalry rode from 40 to 50 miles b6twees juariae azd midnight. Wit" nothiag to cheei them, their pace itu controlled only dj t'hs eadnraaee <>f their home* ITi'i msa sode fight; they earned oaly -aas felaakei *id 'that as a BiddJe-aiotk Tent skeeii und •Waterproof; ws,-t> foroidoteE. It wftw s. wild rifie against tint's. But horses were loa&<! with three days' tied few carried less than 18 stoae, and iejaj; iao;;e fJi&M S9, 'liri 38ET COMPLETE '

How ti»a ssheice succeeded you kuo'fl ii.'cm s&bl«gtiUß& At davra ltex* liioi'siing thu ieo taiiMy were aciuss til" KaoesMloa, £lua, ia i!»zaretk, wiitn tie/ c;<ugiii ttiya'i ct iht> garrisoii yi aOUOS sa« tho shple population still sn thai!: feeoss «usd secured uw tows ai 4l» ■ ci utly 18 At utu: hydration fcai* was :a pi» iiaodi, «uid tho I'urkisii Amy ia Westers Faiusfea was lufi v-ithovi C9«iwtnnicirf.i«*B or retreat, eacept iit.beisan,tit tke uoiUicomec oi the tr&p, smd t-e W}i--sur* oT iieist» £*« tinouiy jwsarcdj Boy completely the enemy was deceived aud iio .Y ligki v< e.ve Ilia iorctt isa tiiw awstor b:cokea foi; this cavalry a showa b/ the ,itt thai oa tiia arat di>y, siltiioagb our horses travelled iuliy 40 miles oa a Yriik> float, oaty 800 prisoners -.were takea by the mounted, troops. Next day tk, "ne« doaetf roruid tie twmxi-esse-ny lowsa oa tbt pentxsd iSaage, and hj« ttfctc-mptfed to ssetreai swross the ssdraeiot Vltia,. the oavatgr took vgwarda </i KyOOO.

At tho beginning of the second fiay pb contained tha Turkish weaierj* agmj oil the south, west and north. The £nzau Mounted tDinsioa. which t'.vo-Uwxtis Australian tad the biiJaiica New Zealand, was, pk a Ligki ininKity ionse. «*• trusfed with movissg up ihe iordaa loy o». the eaafc ©f th» Tiirifi, svud tfornjiletißg thr- Jsafc. But the task oi this .gazacs was fi 7stj aiiS ©ae, :eefoas tiay could ®u>7e t£» eaemy gnas dotaitt j,ting 'ie groiayi orj esitow aide oS the live? iitd to 1» gifted. inia niciat iftsA VHi 'Surke 'haul so bsgi/t t&ete »«• treti «a ta« Saaaxua Hiingti 4wt«« the diyiaicE iaegsa io zah% i.fcejn ior toe cj'ossicgß, Wo' 4 is»til the escomii c(ay did this came about, and then the Anzaes, ridisaj fast, closed tfe fordc, and the wholo "I'urkish western amg was doomed Heve? iiaa u collapse been more sadd<® Forty hours after the flight commenced, as the second day was closing,' this enemy began to stream down the tracks leading from his fovjjoaition and ouij.on to

[ the Esdraelon Plain. Alrenciy ha h.wl I abandoned guns and transport, a tragedy [ which he owed mainly to the appalling havoc wrought with bombs and wool* ine-gacs Jvy our airaisn. TEOLI?'AIC.I V .; c;-' PRISONERS. £■& dwsk DM £;« second day a large force wan reported to be heading towards Seaia, -ob iiM northern side, of the EiiaraeloH Plain. General Cliaubel i. ones ardercd Third Light Horn Brigade to move to the attack. At hour later the brigade bad i&pturecl a mass of prisoners, who ! cabs«q«ently counted out at several thousajidu, aad v,;' had (.&« are;'; evident of the dcjiicrabsatioa oi ili-j enemy. As the brig&d* approached j'enin tha Turku ran cut in thoasacda xs& surrendered. Such a triumph for ssts.ff work is almost without parallel. Ti:e plan had jut ciif troops iirio certa'in positions and the Turks, ,2a at manoeuvre, recognising ti-a eheeJciaata, xzme asTrecdering without bloodshed. Any resistance which followed on the 2.d0 rc;fe ride to Damascus came almost entirely from the Germans'