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Show BRITISH CAPTURE : NEARLY 500 TURKS j NEAR JERUSALEM I j LONDON. Dea 1. Uvrly skirnds'nlnK j I between tlie t.iiitish furcos or-inna inirx ', i for .lerus.-iieni and the opposlni; Turkish! j troops, in whici. the l-hiT'h capturel j j more than t." prisoners, i. repoi ted in ' J today's official ftatemetii on the PaJes- j tine operations. The text reads: G on oral A Men by reports tha t on j Thursday nlclu the enemy rusiied ,our advanced work on the south h;'nk of . tho Nahr-r.l-AuJu. in the vhdriitv of HIrkci-El-.Ianus. establishins himself close to our line. At iawn yester- I day a resi merit of Australian ligiit horse surrounded the enemy detachment, detach-ment, cHptr.rin' two ofiiccus. 14.i men ! ' ami four automatic rides. Piirinrr the drtv we also cantured elpht officers anct 21' S men holding PeU T"r El Koka, and then witiulrew witit the prisoners to our old line. |