Show ALLENBY'S ARMY i NEAR TO JERICHO I British Advance Three and One-half One l on EightMile Eight- Eight Mile l Front in in Palestine l fay rn N Service 1 J 1 London ondon I J. J Feb Feb 21 I Fol Foremost In today's to- to to today's days day's s war ar news 5 was was an an anor or official statement state state- state state- j i r ment fro from 1 the tho British War office that l I the z arm army under General Allenby haRa has haR a advanced to within four O t miles of lC Jer Jer- icho The a advance wa a wax made 1 by the British Brit ish arm army in Palestine In la the face of or ofa ora a heavy ea rainstorm It was was three and anda andR a R half mU miles 9 deep on a front of or almost almos eight miles miles' To the north of or Jerusalem the the Brit British ish ishi also pushed forward to the he depth of oC a mile The attack made by the French French- in J Lorraine Wednesday Is Ig reported to have Q swept the thc Germans out of ot their first line trenches over O a wide front but Jut except for Cor the statement lIt that 56 55 prisoners were captured there ther is nothing nothing noth noth- ing definite as' as to tile ml magnitude of the I blow delivered d b by the l French The New Zealand troops have been active in ill trench raiding operations near nor Polygon wood woods on tl the c Plain Flanders Flanders' urs front Heavy ai artillery duels are arc going on ont along the British B. and null French front t hot but except for UI the French Frencl advance 11 there 6 has Jt been cn no Infantry r engagements engagements engage engage- ments of note |