STOP PRESS NEWS IN PALESTINE
THE OCCUPATION OF BEIRUT. ALLIES ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED. 7.5,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED, i INLY 17,000 ESCAPE. (IT THREE TURKISH AB.MII-S. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October It, ?>.25 p.m. LONDON, October 10. A Palestine communique states Lli.it the Franco-British warships entered the port of Beirut on Sunday, and found the town evacuated. AngloIndian infantry occupied the place on Tuesday, and were enthusiastically received. The prisoners now total 75.000. 17,000 of the Turkish ith, 7th and Hth Armies escaped, including iOOO effective rifles.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13886, 11 October 1918, Page 4
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