DEFENDING EGYPT.
A RAILWAY RECORD. LINE TO EL ARISE.
(By Cable.—Pross Association. —Copyright.) (Kcutor'a Telegram^.) '.Received January 7th, 0.0 p.m.) lONDON, January o. A broad gauge railway from the. Suez Canal yesterday reached El Arish. The last fifteen miles were constructed in fifteen days—a remarkable performance, considering that the material wa« brought one. hundred miles, and that one thousand men, horses, and camels had to be provisioned from the Canal.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15793, 8 January 1917, Page 7
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