The Independent . ccess in the crushing defeat of aTurkish division of some 20,000 menon the Wadi Ghuzzeh, the river whichruns five miles south of the old Philis-tine city of Gaza. The whole divisionalstaff was captured including the gen-eral and four Austrian officers andthirty-two Austrians and Germans ofother ranks, as well as nine hundredmen. Two Austrian howitzers of caliber were taken. It was openfighting of the old fashioned sort withskirmish lines deployed, cavalry charg-ing and artillery galloping into posi-tion. Australians and New Zealandersmounted on camels took part in the

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The Independent . ccess in the crushing defeat of aTurkish division of some 20,000 menon the Wadi Ghuzzeh, the river whichruns five miles south of the old Philis-tine city of Gaza. The whole divisionalstaff was captured including the gen-eral and four Austrian officers andthirty-two Austrians and Germans ofother ranks, as well as nine hundredmen. Two Austrian howitzers of caliber were taken. It was openfighting of the old fashioned sort withskirmish lines deployed, cavalry charg-ing and artillery galloping into posi-tion. Australians and New Zealandersmounted on camels took part in theaction. The British have laid a rail-road from the Suez Canal to the Pales-tine border so the desert of Siani, whichhas for four thousand years formed amilitary barrier between Asia andAfrica, is now overcome. On the eastern side the Turks arealso losing ground. The expeditionunder General Maude which capturedBagdad made a 110 miles in fifteendays crossing the Tigris three times inpursuit of the Turks who had been.

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