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Show GENERAL SIR HERBERT PLUMER, commander of the Second army corps at Ypres, who has been appointed chief of the British army sent to Italy. 1 Vi J f i , 9 " -4 ICIEflT 111 IS STORMrTjJY BRITISH Town Believed to Be Birthplace, Birth-place, Residence, Burial-place Burial-place of Prophet Samuel. LONDON, Nov. 2o. The flita ot ancient an-cient Mizpnh, iiUOO, yarils west of the Jerusalern-NabuUis road, has been stormed by th British, the war office announces.. ' j The British mounted troops, jrvtiich had advanced northward, forced' back the Turks. The mounted troops had approached Beit I'nia, and after being driven buck took up a position at Beit Ure el-Foka (twelve miles northwest of Jerusalem). The statement also says the enemy has bombarded the traditi'oual tomb of the prophet Samuel. The text, reads: On Wednesday we stormc-d the Nebid Samwil ridge, the site of the ancient Mizpah, which is oUOO yards west of the .lerusalom-Nabulus road. Repeated counter-attacks by t he Turks have been beaten off. The enemy has bombarded the inosuuo containing the tomb of the Prophet Samuel, which we carefully avoided. Our mounted troops, which approached ap-proached Heit on Wednesday forced back a strong counter-attack, and are now holding iieit-ur-El-Foka on the. upper Beth Jforon. 1 After a heavy rain the weather is now bright and cold. General Allenby reports that the successful action of Monday, when the enemy was driven from the de-j de-j file west of Kuryct El-Enab, was due to the g.-illaiitry of the Somerset, Som-erset, the Wiltshire and the Gurkhas. ALEXANDRIA, Ksypt, Nov. yi.-Kc-fu-jrees l mm fulestluw repo' I tluiL I lie Turks, in co-operation with tli ;er-manH, ;er-manH, are eomin i 1 1 in iz the ninpt fen rf ul atro'ilU:s on the Jewish colonies in J'ui-estlne. J'ui-estlne. J.ast montli all I lie. lead 1 1 1 w irii'n oi' t lie .ft-wish t olony at Jaffa w.-rc ii'--inst'd of ospiona a nd n fnl.e evi dence or (til conf cssioriH rturtc,l by tur-tur5 tur-tur5 were ronvi' ttl by a Gcrmiui cnurt-mm'tin! cnurt-mm'tin! and lianu'c-l. wilii j 1 1 : i j j y ineml.-erK of th"i(- ;unilios, ref'iK'H'H d'' lftr. In ttrilcr to extort confessions, it 1m uddc'l. niHiiv mr-n Mild women, in'hi'l-Inc in'hi'l-Inc nme American citizens, h,-iv" been stripped nnd t(-aten in public, tonic so severely as to en use death. The town of Kn -1 tehi Samwil, about five miles northwest of .Jerusalem, is genera y belie vel to have b"en the site of the ancient ttjwn of Mizj.ah. the famous city of Ben j a min. 1 rad it ion points out this as the birthplace, resi-J dence and burial place of the prophet , Samuel, and there is n mosjuc which contains the traditional tomb of the prophet. |