BRITISH LINE FROM MEDITERRANEAN TO DEAD SEA.
CONTACT WITH ARABS OF HEDJAZ FACILITATED. EASIER COUNTRY AND BETTER ROADS WAITING AHEAD, Eeuter. (Received 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 22. The British advance on the Jordan will greatly-help in establishing touch wiffi the Arabs of the Hedjaz, thereby greatly encouraging the allies. Sir Edmund Allenby's position is now well defined. The right flank rests on the Dead Sea and the left on the Mediterranean. Hdnce frontal attacks alone are possible for the enemy. We control the Dead Sea, have access to the rich lands on its eastern side, arid menace the railway to Damascus. Ahead are easier country .'and better roads. '.«*»",;:£«.• ■'-':•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16783, 25 February 1918, Page 5
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108BRITISH LINE FROM MEDITERRANEAN TO DEAD SEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16783, 25 February 1918, Page 5
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