EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.
GENERAL ALLENBY'S DESPATCH. PRAISE FOR .THIS AN'ZAOS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable association LONtfON, Dec. 30. .. ■Greraeral Allenby's despatch, refers tq, the brilliant achievements of the cavalry!* •He says the Australian and New Zealand Mounted. Division, .by. entering- . the pursuit, threw the, Fourth Turkish Axmy into a t state o£< disorganisation, ..intercepted v the . garrison at Maan, and . .com* pelled it to,, surrender.. General force took ten thousand prisoners m the Valley of.., the Jordan. The. Royal Air Force and; Australian Flying 1 Corps, . did brilliant work, not- only diiring the actual operations, but m- tlue preceding. months, T!he process of the wearing-down: of the enemy's strength m the.airsvras,continuous throughout the summer. Our ascendancy, waa so, .marked -towards: the end (of August that qnly; a- few of the enemy's .aeroplanes were ( able to'flyj.Avith the result that the • strength of our arr force could be- ' concentrated dn' the retreating- enemy. • . ■.. > , •■-■•,>,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14800, 2 January 1919, Page 5
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150EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14800, 2 January 1919, Page 5
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