PALESTINE.
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RUMOURS OF FRICTION. LON DON, July IS. On Monday, Mr Massey reports I’.imours ol friuiiuii Ijolwcun r j urLisn •'•***• German troops and if true, the result uf the action in the Jordan vaM\ yesterday is sure to wiuon the breach Three German haltaLions til tacked with the object to seizing water supply. Alter gelling round a portion ol our defences they were held up and forced to surrender. , Tlii* Ge,emails expected two Turkish divisions to assist hut they made no attempt to do so. The Germans expected two lurkish ii-g defeat, and the Turks were comptatrly disillustariud and thuir casualties were very heavy, over five hundred being made prisoner.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1918, Page 4
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