THE CAMPAIGNS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE. The town of Hit, on the River Euphrates, was occupied by British forces without opposition on Saturday. Patrols had previously penetrated as tar as Hit, but had not attempted permanent occupation of the position. It marks the division between the stony uplands and the Mesppotamian river plains.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16796, 12 March 1918, Page 5
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53THE CAMPAIGNS IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PALESTINE. The town of Hit, on the River Euphrates, was occupied by British forces without opposition on Saturday. Patrols had previously penetrated as tar as Hit, but had not attempted permanent occupation of the position. It marks the division between the stony uplands and the Mesppotamian river plains. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16796, 12 March 1918, Page 5
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