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The latest information as to the recent fighting east of

the Suez Canal shows that the enemy lost half his force. This numbered about 18,000, and the casualties, including nearly 4,000 prisoners, were about 9,000. The war material captured included a mountain battery and 4,000 rounds of ammunition, 2,300 rifles with a million cartridges, 9 German machine-guns with 30 boxes of ammunition, 500 camels, 100 horses and mules, and much other equipment. In their retreat the Turks burned a large quantity of stores, and abandoned two field hospitals.

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