BRITISH VICTORIES IN PALESTINE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1016, 19 November 1917, Page 5

BRITISH VICTORIES IN PALESTINE.

ramleh and lydda captured. BIIITISiI WILL BE WELCOMED AT JERUSALEM. Received November 19, 9.0 a.rn. LONDON, Nov. 18. Palestine headquarters reports that the British cavalry entered Ramleh and Lydda on Thursday evening. Both places have innumerable historical associations. At Ramleh there were many relics of the Crusaders, especially a fmo church long since converted into a mosque, but in an excellent state of preservation. Both places are also veritable oases of cultivation. The latest reports state that our cavatrv is approaching Jaffa, which it is understood has already been evacuated by the iiuks, who, before retreating, destroyed, or abandoned large quantities of ammunition and other material. At, the Attino station, where the line _ to Gaza branches oil, immense supplies were found, including 10i million rounds of cartridges. _ 1 here wa; a rather bloody business at this place, a thousand Turkish stragglers being busy looting when an armoured motor car got among them and mowed them all down, excepting three hundred survivors, who WOK captured. Bombing aircraft wrought groat havoc behind the Turkish lines. In ora place they caught a convoy and destroyed nearly fifty waggons, the place being hkc ; diambles, too unpleasant to describe. I a roads leading northward are lined with lla caregses of horses, bullocks, and buffaloes most ly Turkish, but our cattle also still cm greatly from the heat and dearth of water it was a pathetic sight to see large bundle, of horses waiting their turn at the villagi wells for water slowly drawn up m a bucket They frequently went thirty or forty hour drinklcss, but have happily reached a rcgioi where water is somewhat more plentiful. A captured officer told the British to g< on to Jerusalem; they are all waiting t< receive vou with open arms. They are tires of Enver Pasha and the Germans. ■ SEETHING WITH DISCONTENT. PREDICTED DOWNFALL OF THE YOUNG TURKS. , Australian-New Zealand Cable Association Received November 19, 9.0 a.m. BERNE, Nov. 18. 1 A Constantinople message states that th 5 masses are seething with discontent. lb loaders of the. Young Turks are amassin enormous fortunes, and the British victorn in Palestine have stirred the popular n dignation. It is oxpoctod tho J tho downfall of the Young Cabinet. JAFFA OCCUPIED. (Rentor’is TolegcrnmO Received Novemebr 19, 11.20 a.m, CAIRO, Nov. 18. 2 Jaffa has been occupied by the Brills! J JAPAN AND THE ALLIES. HOW SHE HAS HELPED IN THE WAR. f (Reuter’s Telogr&m.) i. Received November 19, 9.20 a.m. i- TOKIO, Nov. 18. The Finance Minister, in a speech said was absolutely impossible to dispilß Japanese troops to Europe. The Allies a predated the difficulties, and had new pressed the matter. Japan s willingness >■ shoulder the Allied cause was demonstrah 1- by naval, shipping, and financial co oper It ti'on. Directly and indirectly, Japan lu t. rendered the Allies financial help aggug ■e ting one thousand million sterling. I UTILISING SAILING SHIPS £ MR EDISON’S SCHEME. v Received November 19, 8.30 a.m. ; NEW YORK, Nov. 18. 4 The Shipping Board is considering A ’’ Edison’s scheme for installing engines i- 5330 sailers, with a total tonnage of 1.700.0 y and a speed of 12 knots, to ho used tho submarine zone.