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Show BRITISH PUSHING THE LINE FORWARD IN THE HOLY LAND LONPON. Nov. The Brit;h army in I'iilosi ! ne, p'lr.uini; the defeated 'liirks. lias made fur: lie r extensive pms, i he war offwe annouiHT?, A-ealon Ii.tp be'-n occipiT). Tlii Turkish casualties, exclnsivp of prisoner.4', urc IO.Omi. Tc mi tuber of amis ripturofl has been Increased to more limn m: f-nty. Tiin con iinunica tion follow?: General Allenhy roportK that yj. trtiay moiintt-M lroors moved forward rumdly and captiirori another 4" prisoners pris-oners and ten sn ins. Our li t.e now runs in a ftouthasterly dire, lion from two miles no:h of" I lama mch, uluch is two mils from tiir eo.vst and four miles northrast of Ascalon, t two miles north of A rak-el-Men-shiyeh on the Central railway. This lino is Kcner.iHy ten to six miles north of the WjioM-Hpsij river. Ascalon Asca-lon has hton occupied by infantry and arillcry. Our airpla ties continued to Ixiuib the ret rea line: bodies of the enemy hi id important cent? is on his ro into in-to -intentions with ronslderable effect. In this way nearly r.i'U tiomhs were dropped during the day. The pins eapt tired number now weil over seventy and imludp several 5.3-Inch j howitzers. The eMcut of the battle- j field makos It lniposible to ertimate the quantities of ammunition and oth- ' or warlike .stores which have fallen j into our hands. General A Hen by est ! ma tea t lie en- ! emy's casualties up to date at 10,- ! 0 ' 1 0 . exclusive of prisoners. ! I The British column which is advancing1 alonr7 ihc MrdiUT:aneAn eoast, assisted by hVench and British warships. ha a pained nearly twenty miles since the re-, cent capture of Gaza. Hnmamoh is fif- teen miles ntove daza. The British are I now only about five miles below th lati- i iu1e of Jerusiilem. which, however, is fort'-t'i e miles Inland a nd has not t hue far been men. iced directly. 1 |