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Show ALLIES UK flGMTlK Prisoners Taken by British in Palestine Now Moi'e Than 40,000. By Universal Service. LONDON, Sept. 25. More than 40.000 Turks have been captured by Sir Edmund Ed-mund Allenby's British army in Palestine, Pales-tine, the war office announced late to-,day. to-,day. The number of guns enumerated so far is 265. "In Palestine we arc pursuing the en-einy,'.' en-einy,'.' says the statement. "Kast of the Jordan we are approaching approach-ing Amman. "North of this station the Arabs have demolished t he railway and are pressing the enemy retiring from Maan. "More than 40.000 prisoners and 265 guns have been counted." The entire artillery of the two routed Turkish Nablus armies has fallen to the British, according to dispatches from the Palestine front. As a result of the capture of Maan, east of the Jordan, by the Arabs, the Turkish forces in that region have been split in two. They are in a perilous position, and It Is regarded as doubtful whether they can make good their escape. es-cape. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, via London, Lon-don, Sept. 25. The retreat of the Turks in Palestine was still being carried out on Tuesday, according to the war office communication issued today. It asserts that the maneuver Is being made in conformity con-formity with prepared plans. The text of the communication follows: "Our movement continued yesterday in conformity with plans. The English followed fol-lowed us only step by step. There have been no important events." |