The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-23

cite, publishes the dispatches or Cen
eral Sir Archibald Murray which deal
with the operations carried out in
Egypt under his orders from Oct. 1,
1916, to Feb. 2S, 1917, including the
regaining of the Sinai Peninsula, for
two years partially occupied by the
Turks, and operations against the
Grand Senussi. During the months
of October and November and the
FIRST half of December no important
operations were carried out, but a
successful reconnaissance, which
yielded valuable Information regard
ing the enemy's dispositions and the
nature of terrain, was executed by
Australian Light Horse Yeomanry
and Camel Corps to Gebel ell Rakwa
and Maghara. IS miles east of Is
MALTA, in October.
The successful operations against
Maar, reported in a previous dis
patch, had made the Turks uneasy
ana th3y fstired from that neighbor-
hood, their nearest troops being about
five miles west of Ell Arish toward
which place the construction of the
railway was making rapid progress.
During the latter part of Novem-
Der, cavalry reconnaissances, pushed
out In advance of the railway on the
@osAA So@ go A1A - - - Aa-0,
miles southwest OF I'll Arish' anu from
this en- constant touch was maintain
ed with the Turks. as
The enemyts aircraft showed con-
siderable activity throughout the
month, but without doing much dam
age, and the British aircraft retained
complete superiority in the air, max
ing a number of bombing expeditions,
one 10 6ir SABA uamasIns ootn raAi7
way sLa1lon ana aeroorome 'tnere.
On Dec II Lieul-Gen. pr w.
GnelMpnes ~ ssI.e p, y: ,. " aSsuIll-
spAss coluIliii,
snortiy a1terWar1 moving ms neau-
quarters from BIT 81 Apo 10 Mazar.
since January the Iorce nao graouany
pushed night across the sinai desert
nshHng when necessary, organ1zlns
ana constructing necessarily IN the
heavy sand ana not sun. Inc pres
sure on the enemy IN otner tneatres
ana GUS success at roman were I'm
Z douPtediy contributing factors 10 TINS
ADVANCE, put the main sIactor-Wltn--
out which all liberty OF action ana any
tactical victory would nave been nu-
gatory-was work. intense and uQge-
hitting. To regain this peninsula
the true rrontier OF EGYPT. nnnoreos
or miles or road ana railway nao speen
built, hundreds or miles or water
piping had been laid. Filters capable
OF supplying 100000 gallons OF wa
Ter a Day, ana reservoirs nad peen
installed, and tons OF stone transport
cd from distanct quarrles- kantara
mao peen transformer from small
canal village into an important rail-
way ana water terminus, with
wharves and cranes and q railroad
FERRY; and the desert, till then almost
destitute or human habitation, show
ed the successive marks OF our ad-
vance In the shape or strong posi-
tons nrmIy lntrencneo and protected
by hundreds OF miles OF barbed wire,
OF stanolng camps wnere troops couio
shelter IN comfortable hutst OF tanks
ana reservoirs, OF railway stations and
sidings' OF aerooromes ano OF slgnal
starons ana wireless lnstallatlons. by
an OF wnicn tne desert was subdueo
ana made napataDle, and adequate
! lines OF communication established
between the advancing troops and
tnar eyer receding base. Moreover
not oniy nao the BRUSH troops faoor-
ca lncessahtiy tnrougn the summer
Ahu autumn, out Inc pooy OF organ
led nat1ve labor nao grown. me ne
cessaAy Oh combining the protectlon
anu maintenance, lnciuulng the I'M
portant Work OF sanitation. OF this
large force OF workers British and
native, WIN rtna. steaoy progress on
tne fway' roaos ana pipes "nlcn
was vAlAI 70 Inc success OF my opera
uons' put lne seVerest strain upon all
energies anu resources But the
prooleln OF Ieeoins the workers WITH
~. sIs1 sAns lne worhy was solveo py
80 sou VII wlll anu enel ~ II" an con
o reN ~ sAiiselon hepe pace Win
Tnns1I u1lIon anu Ply tne inlooie OF
H, lorce was
copoeeiy Inopiif@eo ana tne troops
Aa ~. r,io an 1857. cs.npa,shins.
$3.50. 1ilhicuiey oh al was
snAt =. plovlNns anu tnist nc
fnoune u orsaniatioh couio enureiy
ove ie L.o auvslce nao .aken tne
sEoops Out ZoI tne water bearing Qatla
4 pasln mo ~ actsh Wnicn local wa
Ter was AtInos1 shon-existent' ana Inc
provision OIL inns necessary In aool.
uon 10 its otner outies. put great
,s lain On me fallway' until the pipe
nne reached Homanl. Inen with
,LurLne auvance tue same oiiIlcuits
presented itselI' ana as the month al,
vanceo tne question presented ltsen
more insstentiy IMAM ever. Inc enc
my was uisposeo IN oeptn covering al
tne water ~ the area, ana 1t was
necessary 20 ear ysroFward very large
SupDn9S Oh water on Ca.rnelS Tor the