EGYPT.

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EGYPT.

BRITBSH OFFENSIVE [N PALES-

TINE.

ANOTHER NINE-MILE ADVANCE

CAPTURE OF GAZA

TROOPS' MAGNIFICENT DASH

AND ENDURANCE

(Australian.and N.Z. Cable Association

and Reuter.)

London, Nov. 7

Official.—General Allenby captured Khuweilfsh, eleven^ miles northward of Beersheba, at midnight on Monday, and repulsed repeated counter-attacks.

On Tuesday our troops further south, advancing north-west from the neighbourhood of Beersheba, carried the whole of the Turkish defences southward of tl:e line Tel-el-Sheriah and Abu-Hareira, capturing the last-named place, and thus advancing nine miles.

The troops displayed magnificent dash and endurance. An estimate of the captures is not yet available. Six guns were captured in one position on a portion of the front.

Later telegrams announced the capture of Gaza this morning. There are no details.