THE ADVANCE IN PALESTINE.
MAGNIFICENT DASH AND ENDURANCE.
CAPTURE OF GAZA AND OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS. (Australian- and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received November 8, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 7. Egypt official : General Allenby captured Khuwe'lfes. eleven miles northword of Beersheba. at midnight on Monday. We repulsed repeated counter-at-tacks all day long on Tuesday. Our troops further south, advancing north-west from the neighborhood jt Beersheba. carried the whole of the Turkish defence southward of the line Tell-esh-Rherlah and Dhaberiyeh, capturing the lnst-Tiamed' place, and thus advancinrc n'ue mile"!. . ( The troops displayed magnificent dash and endurance. Estimates of. the captures are not yet available. Six guns were, captured on one portion of the front. A late" telegram announces the capture of r.ji/a this morning. No details are to hard.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 4
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