REPORTED DEFEAT OF BRITISH.
WAB OFFICE COMMENT. (Australian and N.Z. yCable Association.) (Received April 8, 9;10.a.m.) LONDO^, April 7. Turkish communiques estate : ■:■ The English advance east of the Jordan*, became a complete, defeat. .Our. troops advanced victoriously,, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy who tried f "to retire along an impassable road. The enemy's y resistance •'* everywhere was broken. We reconquered; Eesalt. after a . battle*, and advanced [oh the Eesalt- Jericho road. Our. -^rtillerying and cavalry . charges forced tjfrey.jenemy reinforcements to .fly m disorder. We are persistently ... pursuing th'em^ the ,enemy reaching the Jordan. 'Tfie English still occupy a position among: the hills east of • the. river.. They left,, many dead and wounded *»oh\ the, r^ad.;,7 ". -The War.Q'%ey9ommehtß;,,,Tlio Turkish version is, exaggejrated ijand distorted. Our operations -*ea^t .Of; the Jordan were- in tneV. nature'^ oifa^successf ill raid, after which we withdrew. We •inflicted considerable losses, (5 &nd took seven hundred' prisoners. y: General Allenby's only . indication .s*.' 'Jan energetic Turlushipursu*^?, ; w.as on .April Ist, when a, small body/y^ttyckingxthe -'rearguard, wak beaten oflVc' i ; . '.' ',;.'.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14578, 8 April 1918, Page 5
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173REPORTED DEFEAT OF BRITISH. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14578, 8 April 1918, Page 5
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