In Palestine General Allenby has continued hie advance in the
hill country towards Jerusalem. While his cavalry pushed up the valley of Ajalon towards the Nablus or Shoehorn road north of Jerusalem, the infantry further south stormed the commanding height of Nebi Samwll on the 21st. From this height, which Dean Stanley identified as the "high place" of Gibeon, and which Mohammedans revere as the supposed burial-place of the prophet Samuel, Jerusalem may be seen, five miles away. Richard Occur de Lion, standing there, refused to look towards the Holy City which he could not reach. General Allenby has no reason to deny himself the view. On Monday his mounted troops, moving along the railway south of Nebi Samwil, were within four miles of Jerusalem. The Turks had been strongly reinforced on the hills to the west of the city, but they can at most delay its capture when we want it.
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