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Show if SMITH OFTI ESi TtKMlffl ,f0 1 8 Hardly Tvo Divisions of Same SftJiJ ; Size, But Many Thousands ERg Were in Battle. THeWj LONDON. Sept 26. The full Turk- EE$Olc- V Ish strength In Palestine is not defl- B. ': nltely known, as hardly two Turkish i divisions are oC the same 'size or or- for a- rf sanizatlon. It is known, however, that llkv j the allies had to deal with 18,000 fight- ins mcn wcst of tuo Jordan, with 'J , about 10,000 men on communications, rteth ' as l as many thousands east of the Jordan. kisd ! 0ne of lno cuief advantages of the ua?S, i victory is that It will allow a large British force fromjhis section being aiss,. ;. used on the western front or any other fjij Place where they might ho needed. ?J&f SyrIa' with a large anti-Turk popu- 151i S l, iation is open to invasion htx ; The communications of the Turkish army in MesoPtaraa cannot be con- UlaSjS ' sidered secure. It is pointed out that kR I tbere la justification for believing that '"iiisa, the Turkish operations in Persia will jjf be paralyzed, particularly in view of ibH J the allied successes in tho Balkans. te la-irf which seriously threaten the Turkish position in Europe. mmi ( But ls also known that even should ikk, i the allies push on and capture Aleppo iiw, " and Cllt the Bagdad railway it would 5 only result in Turkish evacuation of 'Jul"6 $ uP"er Mesopotamia and not affect th ft j main Turkish army in the Caucasus kio and Persian which is based on the :j Black sea ports. The military critics do not fail to Toils V point out also that the attack in Pal- rfSfe ' cstinP was timed t0 take -place when intake ' the Germans were unable to spare men I on the western front for the near east. |