PALESTINE.
FOUR MILES FROM JERICHO. ' - ' ■ \ • LATEST BRITISH ADVANCE! " Australian and N.Z. Oahlp Assn., LONDON, Feb. 21.« ~ , "A Palestine official message states— Our advanoe eastward, of Jerusalem was resumed yesterday. Despite heavy rainstorms, difficult country and tho enemy's obstinate resistance, we progressed thres and a half miles on a front of e : glit miles, to within four miles of Jericho. Simultaneously wa advanced a mile on a' front of four miles westward of t3i» JerusaleniNablus read. Th© air service co-operated and bombed camps and depots ten land a half miles cast and north-easb of Jericho- > Our lossas on Tuesday were of the slightest mature. Yesterday's are not yet- reported. . > The operations, continue.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16477, 23 February 1918, Page 9
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111PALESTINE. Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16477, 23 February 1918, Page 9
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