IN FULL RETREAT
The enemy's arrangements for travelling across the desert were good. They marched well, covering the distance from Beersheba to the Canal (about 180 miles) in ten days. Their chaplains were instructed to warn the soldiers that "victory or Paradise" awaited them in Egypt, and "death or Hell" if they retreated. The Syrian troops advanced bravely on a warship, a shell from which wiped out a party of officers. The latest news indicates that the enemy's advanced guard is in full retreat.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 33, 9 February 1915, Page 7
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84IN FULL RETREAT Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 33, 9 February 1915, Page 7
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