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Show ALLENBY MIKES FURTHER GAINS II PALESTINE British Troops Cross a River on Rafts and Light Bridges and Seize Several Sev-eral Towns. 305 PRISONERS ARE CAPTURED Ten Machine Guns Also Taken in Addition to Men and Loot Now in the Hands of Allies. BONDON, Dec. 23. Further progress by the forces of General Allenby at two points in Palestine was reported in a slat omen I issued last night by the war office. The statement follows: General Allenby reports that at midnight mid-night of December 20-21 our troops crossing the Nahre Kl Auja (four miles north of Jaffa on the Mediterranean) Mediterra-nean) on rafts and lb?ht bridges, seized Khurlx-.t, Hadrah, Sheik Muan-n Muan-n Is, Tcer Bekket and Kl Nakliras. These localities are near the mouth of the river and include commanding ground three miles north of it. They captured 305 prisoners, eleven of whom were officers, and len machine guns. Other forces captured Kas Suz Zan-dy, Zan-dy, two miles northeast of Bethany, taltlng thirty prisoners, two machine guns and beating off three counterattacks. counter-attacks. General Allenby also reported the following captures since the commencement com-mencement of opera tions: Ninety-nine Ninety-nine guns and howitzers wtih car-I car-I rfages; about 400 limbers, wagons and other vehicles, 118 machine guns; more than 7000 rifles, 10,500,000 rounds of small arm ammunition and more, than iio.oou rounds of gun and howitzer ammunition, besides various other stores. TURKS ARE WAGING SNIPING WARFARE IN THE HOLY LAND LONDON, Dec. 23. "Since the Turks were driven out of Jerusalem they havo been conducting guerrilla warfare to the north and east of the city, splitting up into numerous small bodies to attack brittsh outposts, to snipe patrols and generally gen-erally to iiKikR t hem selves unpleasant," says Router's correspondent at Jerusalem, telegraph Ins under date of December 15. "To Improve be British positions," the correspondent sajgfi, "the taking of certain ridges ha been ordered so that there may le a wider range of defeat. "A remarkable opportunity to view this fighting is afforded by the Mount of Olives, which makes what is probably the most wonderful observation post in the world. "One of the most brilliant pieces of work during the recent operations was the capture of Bethlehem. The Turks had strong fortifications here, with numerous field guns on Die outskirts of the town. The troops, wddeh had been ordered to take the town, deployed bv night far to the left, threatening tho Turkish line ot retreat and compelling the Turks to withdraw. with-draw. ."Wolsh troops then entered Bethlehem at daybreak." PATROLS ACTIVE BETWEEN THE OISE AND AISNE RIVERS PARIS. Dec. 23. The announcement of (he progress of the campaign issued by the war offico today reads: Between the Disc and the Atsne patrols weri unite active. Tn the neighborhood of Jnvincourt the German? Ger-man? attempted a raid on our small posts. Hut were repulsed with consld-orablo consld-orablo lasses, other enemy attempts In the sector of Godal. north of Courey and north M Hezonvaux guo no other results lh:in to leave prisoners in our hands. In FAU'raino our reronnmtering par-tics par-tics eapt tired a few Germans' near l.lmoy. The nisrht was calm everywhere every-where else. In the period of December 1 1 - 20 inclusive, in-clusive, lourteeu Gorman airplanes were brought down by our pilots ; three others wcie foreod to land in a damaged condition Inside their own lines. In addition three- enemy machines ma-chines were brought down by the fire of. our special guns. DOES NOT FEAR AN ATTACK THROUGH SWISS TERRITORY BKKN'K, Switzerland. Dca 2. Public opinion in France may be reassured re-carding re-carding the report in eireulation in that country t ha t an Aust ro-l lermaji off en -sice through Switzerland is in prenara-i.ion. prenara-i.ion. Gustave Ador, Swiss foreign "minister, "min-ister, told the correspondent of the Paris l-'etit Journal tod;ty: "My sincere, personal opinion." s'thl M. Ador. "Is i h:i t we ned not h-i vc i he (Continued on Page Two.) ALLEKBY REPORTS FURTHER PROGRESS (Continued from Page One.) slightest fear of such an attempt. Germany Ger-many has other things to do on the western west-ern front than get the Swiss army on her bark, and from the economic point of view Germany has every interest not to make an enemy of Switzerland." Haig's Report. LONDON. Dec. -?,. "Under cover of a heavy artillery burrase." says today's report re-port from Fie.M Marshal Haig's headquarters, headquar-ters, "the enemy yesterday afiernoou made a local attack against our positions in tiic neighborhood of the Ypres-Staden railway and succeeded In driving in our advanced pu.s:s fnr a short distance on a front of 7U0 yards. 'During t he rjiciit the hostile a rt illery was pre;", tlv active in t he neighborhood of Gheluvelt '-nd I'oelrapelle." British Post Raided. LONDON. iv(... 2:j. The British official offi-cial communication issued this evening says: L'arlv this morning the enemy raided raid-ed a British post cast of Epohy. A few men are misting. Our fire drove off a not her enemy ; ntt.'tripi to raid our positions in the neighborhood of the Menin road. There was i'unsiderabp artillery aotivii v ui in;' th sides this morn ing north of JrVcicai'tlie. |