PALESTINE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145999, 4 December 1917, Page 3

PALESTINE.

A TURKISH ATTACK. GAIN'S TEMPORARY SUCCESS. LONDON, Dec. 2. Palestine official.—The Turks attacked at one o’clock yesterday moraine; in the neighbourhood of Beiturettu hta and Bir cl Buri, and obtained a foothold in our position. They -sygre ejected at daybreak. The enemy’s losses in the recent attacks were very heavy. ’ Our aeroplanes dropped a ton of bombs on a camp, railway, batteries, and aerodrome at Tulkeram, an important junction in the Turkish communications.