THE PALESTINE FRONT.
ADVANCE. SOUTH-WEST OF GAZA,
.(Australian and N.Z. Cable .Association.) , (Reuter's. Telegram.)., r LONDON:,, -September 2. j An Egyptian,, official report says : I We- advanced pur line last night on aj front of 800 yards,, .south-westward of Gaza. Ouv losses were. insignificant. Our aeroplanes scored; eight ,directhi!bs., i l on engine sheds^ and a| train", and caused damago to a field, battery and other tr.o<j>ps> All returned. . t . [Renter states that since the -operations of last April there have been no important actions on the Palestine front, and conditions on both sides have, been, more qa\ less trench, .warfare.;,,. 'The. opposing lines,, arc close together neax Gaza, and. gradually;' grow further apart as 'they . enter, the .barren . and ,in-' hospitable- region : further, south, until 'finally they .tail" off altogether, in the desert,., where the Anzac and Imperial Mounted Division, .keep, watch ove.r the 'right flank.,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14392, 3 September 1917, Page 3
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