ANZACS IN PALESTINE.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6965, 21 January 1918, Page 4

ANZACS IN PALESTINE.

Great Cavalry Coup.

United Press,

London. Jan IQ

The 3tory of Australia's and New Zealand's share ia the cepture of Palestine is comirig out, levealiug feats of combat, enduraßce, and hotsfmanship worthy to rank with the greatest cavalry achievements c£ history. Sir Edmund Allenbj? daringly played for the highest stakes, and risked every- I Ihlng en a great cavalry ccup, in which the Light Horse an^ New Zealand Mounted Uifles were the leaders, backed by ihe splendid Yeomanry. The lack of water alone prevented the capture of the Turlmh army and U;e earlier fall of Jerusalem?. An officer fri'in Palestine, interviewed, S3id he was lust iti adtnirution of the feats of the Light H?;rse. They lived for two years like blacks, the monotony vaiiul by occaßior.al patrt 1 tnc;untera. The ocly furlough they tcceived was in Egypt, cf which they were uttetlj,, tired. , fciany suflered from septic sores, Thfcj were never dispirited, and were ovejjoyed when the tirar; for action came. The most notable feature of the campaign was tfie extraordinarily long tidea over waterless country without ratiods, both horses and men Buffering seriously. The lurks fought brave retrestitig actions. Uetierul Cbauvel's leadership was supremely good. The etory of the great charge of the Fourth Regiment at Beersheba, under ! General Grant, was epic-like. They ! dashed in with the bayonet after a 30----mile night marcb, and fought all day victoriously. Australian arid N Z Cable Asdoc. A Palestine official report states:— Despite (he weather, cur aircraft bomb~ed an aerodcoms at Jenin, 17 miles soutb of Nazareth, and Annan Station on the Hedjaz ra'lway, will] good results. There is camiderable patrol activity in the Jerusalem sector. We raided Makunns village, taking prisonera. Similar activity has occurred on tbe coastal sector, east and :mrth of Jaffa.