Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-12-21
ALLENBY'S CAREER MARKED
BY VICTORY.

command of the British expedition
any forces i'll Egypt, is due the cred
IL Tor an uninterrupted series of vic
tories, the last of which has made the
world ring with the cry, "Jcrusalom
has fallen!"
Ailcnby's career as II fighter is, in
many respects, exceptional. He is one
OF the few generals serving ut the
front in France from the beginning
OF the war (up to the date of his
appointment to succeed Gen. Sir Ar
chibald Murray ms commander of the
eXpcditionary force on June I5).
against whom not one mistake or or
ror of Judgment has been charged.
Gen. Allcnby is first and above all
cavaryman. He came from mn East
Anglican fan lily and received his first
commission N Che army us IN officer
of the 9th Dragons, known as the
"Skillingcrs. He remained with this
command, seeing active service in VA
rious parts of the world until the
l}ocr war.
When the Bocr campaign catlcd he
had command of the 9Th Royal Irish
Lanccrs, Mt whose head he remained
three years. When the present war
began he was Inspector General of
Cavalry of the British Army in
| France. He contributed largely with
his cavalry TO save the sorcly tried
infantry in their retreat in 1914. AT
tcrward, when his cavalry was forced
to discard its horses for service in
the trenches, he proved us brilliant
an organizer and MS resourceful n
lighter under the altered conditions
MS he had been cavalry stratcgist.
General Allcnby received the full
rank of General following the action
OF his command ut the battle of the
Aisnc, and was mentioned for his
stratcguy by Field Marshall French
in his report. Allenby's cavalry nd-
vanccd on Sept. ~ to the ncighbor-
hood of Braisne, and cleared That
town and the high ground beyond il
of strong hostile dctnchmcnts.
AT the battle of Arras the Gencr
al's command occupied the centre,
and again won distinction when il
penetrated the famous llindcnbcrg
line to point beyond Monchy.
His active campaign in Southern
Palestine began October 81 with the
capture of Becrshcba, lust inside the
southern border. This was pursued
with vigor and uniform success, one
line of defense after another crumb-
ling before his determined onslaught.
In the battle of Bcersheba, which
lasted only one day, the Turks lost
500 prisoners, in addition to many
casualties.
The coast city of Gnzn was the
next important point to fall into the
hands of the British, whose front
then extended about thirty miles east
from the Mediterranean coast. And
! while investing the city, Allcnby'a
troops continued their offensive north
ward from Beersheba, on the oppo-
site end of the line, driving the Turks
| supported by both Austrian and by
German gunncrs, before them.
The Turks resisted desperately foe
several days Mt Gaza, and Gen. Al
lenby waited for the summers OPP
pressivc heat to pass, which accounts
partly for the splendid endurance of
his troops. He captured Gazn Nov.
z, and on Nov. 8, reported that his
| troops were driving the enemy tow
ard Hebron and had reached points
nine ahd eleven miles beyond Gnzn.
AT that time the entire Ottoman ar
my in Southern Palestine was in full
retreat.
After his capture of the biblical
city ow Askalon, where the British
took many prisoners and guns, Gen.
Allenby persistently pressed his adj
vantage, and on Nov. 10 reported the
capture of the junction point of the
Beersheba-D Railway with
the Jerusalem Railway, near FL
Mansurah and Nalanch. He then
forced his offensive along the coast,
capturing Jaffa, the ancient port Of
Jerusalem. From there he worked
his way rapidly along the celebrated
old carriage driveway and railroad
to Jerusalem.
1t required little more than fort
night for Gen. Allenby to drive the
Turks out of Palestine south of the
JafFa-Jcrusalcm line, and now Jeru-
salem has fallen, and with it the
morale Of the Turkish army has re-
ceivcd staggering blow.
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