24 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 1
General Allenby has pursued his swift and victorious advance in
Palestine. He occupied Jaffa on Saturday last, and thus secured a port which will ease the difficulty of supplying his army from Egypt by a singe lino of rail. Having driven the Turks well to the north of Jaffa and Ludd, the ancient Lydda, General Allenby advanced his right wing into the Judaean hills. His cavalry, pushing up the valley of Ajalon, were near the Shechem road, ten miles north of Jerusalem, on Tuesday, and his infantry were only slit miles west of the Holy City. Over nine thousand Turkish prisoners were taken by the end of last week.
