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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1917.

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Laxbox, Nov. 20,

PALESTINE.

CONVERGING ON JERUSALEM

LONDON, NOV 20

An official despatch froni Palestine, states:

Our mounted troops occupied, c

An Italinn official message states: We drove back four case attacks against lonte Fenera spur and took 300 prisoners, on Sunday and Mon-Sunday. Beiturettabt, which is das, in the Melettes region.

twelve miles to the north west of Jérusalern.

The "infantry, yesterday, resched

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GERMAN REPORT.

A German official

message states: We drove back, after desperate Jerusale fighting, strong Italian counter. attacks on the northern slope of Monte Tomba

PRINCE OF WALES AT ITALIAN,- FRONT.

DESPATCH ON EARLIER OPERATIONS,

LONDON, NOV. 20.

The chief feature of a Despatch

ROME, Nov. 20.59 General Sir Archibald Murrey The papers are only now allowed dealing with the operations in Pales- to announce the presence of the the front March 1 to June 28th is Prince of Wales on the Italian Front.his summing up of the results of the This is causing everywhere the first battle of Gaza. Genera! Murray warmest enthusins, and is regarded say we took 960 · Turco-German as a new proof of British sympathy prisoners and two Austrian field-gunk and solidarity.

and caused the enemy 8,000 casual- ties while we had only 4,000, a large proportion of them being slight. The failure to capture Gaza was due to delay on March 20th owing to fog and the waterless character of the country around Glaza, which prevent- ed a very successful operation being a complete disaster to the enemy.

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ENEMY OPERATIONS AGAINST VENICE EXPECTED.

VENICE, NOV. 20. Austria has asked Italy to declare whether Venice is to be considered a fortified city

This is taken as indicating the enemy's fatention

to begin operations against Venice and to provide him selt with a justification for anything. that ensues.

The Allied Consuls are temporarily remaining.

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THE WESTERN FRONT.

"A BRITISH

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General Murray pays a tribute to the utmost gallantry and enduruce and the splendid fighting qualities of

the troops

Dealing with the second attack af. Gaza. General Murray states that our April 20 his total casualties were 7,000. On April 21 General Debell, Commanding the Eastern Foror re-emphasised the opinion he had previously expressed, in which he said he was supported by all his sub- ordinate Commanders, that in view of the great strength of the positions to which be was opposed, the renewal of a direct attack would not be justi- fied by any reasonable prospect of success. General Dobell was strongly of the opinion that deliberate methods must be adopted and ever Soon after daybreak we carried out, the resumption of trench warfare satisfactorily, a series of operations might be necessary, pending the between St. Quentin and the River arrival of reinforcenzents; and after Scarpe and captured considerable full discussion, General Murray material and a number of prisoners stated that he perv reluctantly con- who have not yet been counted.

sented to this change of policy. The weather has become story,

Meanwhile, it became apparens to rendering the action of aircraft General Marray that General Dcbell, difficult.

who had previously suffered from a severe touch of the sun, was no

LONDON, Nov. 21. Field Marshal, Sir Douglas Haig reports.

The hostile artillery was active, particularly in the heighbourhood of longer in a fit state of health to bear

Zonnebeke and Passchendaele.

THE GERMAN REPORT.

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AMERICAN OFFICIAL VIEW

GERMAN, ATTAGE AT CHAUME

WOOD REPULSED.

LONDON, NOV, 20.

A French communiqué "etates:-

·WABILINGTON, Nov. 21,

Mr. Daniels, Secretary Navy referring to Mr.

George & statement that five sub

On the righ of the Meuse, after marines were sunk on Saturday

intense bombardment on the Bezon yaux and Chaume Wood Fronts, the Germaña Attacked to, the north of Chaume Wood ous kilometre font The attack, which was broker, by our fire only reached our advanced lines over a very small area and the enemy detachments wh rained a footing nyon out by an

there were

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GERMAN REPORT

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