More details of' General Dobell's fine victory in Palestine which
we recorded last week have been published. The Turkish casualties are estimated at eight thousand. Only a fog and the waterless character of the country prevented the destruction of the enemy. Our losses were under four hundred killed. Two hundred of our men are believed to have forced their way into Gaza and are missing. Our infantry were withdrawn on March 28th to the Wadi Ghuzzela where they remain in a strong position safely covering the railway. With the railway behind them they can securely make further preparations. The correspondents' accounts of the delight of our troops, after emerging from the long desert, on sighting the rich green plains of the Promised Land, heavy with crops and pasture, just as the children of Israel saw them after the wanderings, are very interesting. The Plain of Esdraelon, connected with Armageddon, is not very far distant.. How strange it would be if the last battle of the greatest of all wars were fought at that appropriate spot 1 If Disraeli could then be alive, he would surely write a sequel to Tancred and proclaim a solution of the " Great Asian Mystery."
