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Show TURKISH PALESTINE FORGESRETREATirJG Capture of Jericho Viewed as Being of Great Military Mili-tary Importance. r LONDON'. Feb. .12. The Turkish forces dislodged by the British by the capture of Jerico, iu Palsetine, have retired re-tired to the north and east, the war j office announces. The statement fol- ' lows: The enemy dislodged from the Jericho area retired north of Wadi-Adiiia Wadi-Adiiia on the northern bank of which they have left posts on high ground and eastward across the Jordan on which they hold a bridgehead at El-Ghorauiye. Otherwise Other-wise there is nothing to report. j LOXDOX, Feb. 23. Much importance impor-tance is attached to tho arrival of the British on the banks of tho Jordan, 'Eeuter's Limited learns from an authoritative au-thoritative source. General Allenby 's advance from Jerusalem was carried out under great difficulties. It was made during heavy rains and when the British had to march over hills comparable only to masses of slippery soap. Possession of Jericho is an important impor-tant step toward establishing touch between be-tween the British and their Arab al- lies. General Allenby 's force is now encamped en-camped along the Jordan. With the latest advance the British position is quite well defined. The right flank, rests on the Dead sea and the left on the Mediterranean, so if the enemy wishes to attack lie can only make a frontal assault. The British now control con-trol the Dead sea and have access to the rich lands east of the sea. They also menace the railwav running toward to-ward Damascus, while the country has better roads than that around Jerusalem. Jerusa-lem. Capture of Jericho, the military correspondent cor-respondent of the Daily Telegraph savs, deprives the enemy of one of the chief local points in his defensive scheme in Palestine. The first troopers to water their horses in the historic Jordan were Australian Aus-tralian cavalrymen. j |