OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE.
IN THE VALLEY OF THE JORDAN. A RECORD IN ELEVATIONS. Received March 5, 9 a.m. Loudou, March 4. Mr Massey, writiug from Palestine headquarters on the twentieth of February, after detailing the difficulties of the advance, says but the TurksTwere in full retreat in the valley"" of the Jordan, which is patrolled by us. What was probably an artillery record was estab iished in the Jericho operations. The guns began firing at an altitude of 2920 feet over the sea. When they finished the guns in action in the Jordan Valley were 1100 feet below sea level.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11478, 5 March 1918, Page 5
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100OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11478, 5 March 1918, Page 5
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