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Show BRITISH TROOPS ARE DRIVEN BACK BERLIN. VIA LONDON. April 5. German and Turkish troops northeast of Jericho have driven back the British Brit-ish troops which had crossed the Jordan Jor-dan rier according to an ollicial communication com-munication issued today. The text of the communication says: "Asiatic theater: German troops troop- have repaired, in conjunction with Ottoman forces, English infantry and cavalry brigades after they had crossed the Jordan at Es-Salt and pressed forward toward Amman and driven them back toward the Jordan in a battle lasting many djys " The British official communication several days ago said the British forces in the region of Es-Salt had withdrawn after they had achieved their objectives, which included the cutting of the Hejas railway. |