Last Saturday's papers contained the welcome announcement that El Apish,
the historic town which marks the coastal boundary of Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula ninety miles east of the Canal, had been retaken on December 21st from the Turks after some twenty-six months' occupation. The enemy evacuated their positions before the rapid advance of our forces, and on the after- noon of the 23rd our cavalry, co-operating with aircraft, carried a strong position at Maghdaba, twenty miles S.S.E. of El Arish, capturing thirteen hundred and fifty prisoners and a large quan- tity of war material. As the total enemy force amounted to two thousand, it was practically wiped out. Successful raids were also carried out in the El Arish region on the Turkish side of the frontier, and an important railway bridge at Tel-el-Sharia was seriously damaged. The clearance of the Sinai Peninsula is thus being rapidly carried out.
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