Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-13
Jerusalem Is Captured
From Turks By British
Holy City Surrounded by British and
Is Again Abonded by Ottomans---
Held to be Good Omen

| London, Dec. 11.-Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor of the exchecquer,
has just announced in the house OF
commons that Jerusalem, after being
surrounded on all sides by British
troops, has surrendered.
| Held by Turks for Centuries.
The capture of Jerusalem by the
british forces marks the end, with
two brief interludes, of more than
1000 years possession of the seat Of
the Christian religion by the AIoham.
medans. For G73 years the Holy City
has been in undisputei ownership of
the Turks, the last Christian ruler
Of Jerusalem being the German en-
peror Frederick H., whose short lived
domination lasted from 1929 to 1914.
Ottoman Efforts Collapse.
Apart from it's connection with the
campaign being waged against Tur-
key by the British in Mesopotamia the
fall of Jerusalem was the definite
collapse of the long protracted efforts
| of the Turks to capture the SueZ
canal and invade Egypt. Almost the
first move made by Turkey after her
entrance into the war was cam
paign against Egypt across the great
desert OF the Sinai peninsula.
~ Retreat Began in 1915.
In December, 1915, the Turks had
been driven back as far as Ell Anish,
about SIS miles east of the Suez canal.
Ir December, 1916, the British stormed
p Anish and a few days later severe,
\ defeated the Turks at Maghdabeh,
: bout GO miles to the south on the
} iame front. Two weeks later the in
'aders had been driven out of Egypt
ald the British forces crossed the
brder into Palestine.
' Alenby Works Near Coast.
tCn March last the British forces
p ,tured Ell Khulil, Is miles south of
Y usalem. El Khulil is the modern
le of ancient Hebron. The. cam
n lapsed into stagnancy through
+ heated period
'ly in November the British cap.
t. Beersheba, 40 miles south of
J, lem. Similarly a coastal col.
U ;ecame active. By the seventh
OF month the city of GAIA was in
til. hands and the British were
pua iYg the Turks northward after
haW inflicted casualties estimated
# as \ excess of 10000. General AL.
:, lenbN tlfe British commander, kept
- his fd IS near the coast in rapid mo-
tion a, pushed on to Jaqa, the port
q of Jer lem, in mid-November.
BY ember % the British had
l. pushed thin five miles of Jerusa-
y lem O, northwest and on Decem-
70 ber Q raj Allenby announced
that HI efinite possession of He
~ bron. EN- thus was virtually
cut off ides but the east.
is I of Crusaders.
In sen and romantic aspect
~ the captt Jerusalem far exceeds
te even tho # fable-crowned Bag
dad Tli m city of Jerusalem
contains 1000 Inhabitants and
LII is the pestilence, filth and
IN fevers,! istoric interest it
10 naturalR ses to the Christian
world al ,laces in the world.
VI Since the en- Joshua wrested
It from of the Jebusites,
ri to make pital of the Jewish
race, Jerus IS been priced prey
Is of half of til 5 of the world. 1t has
e. passed suct, ;y into the hands
of Assyrians ',ylonians, Greeks,
Romans, Pei Arabs, Turks, the
motley crow ne Crusaders, fin
ally to fall descendants of
H. that Richars :onhearted, who
strove in vai1 ossession more
than 700 yea!
Good omer ,ph Of Right.
The news: like wildfire
ser throughout Ii fall was her.
in aided as a go,s The most
cherished Chris / which could
se be given the W. smocracy and
'th the hosts hghtii 'istian justice
raj and peace, and is this gift Of
,.4 the Holy City Christians
'li' again after haN. held by in.
M fidel hordes for. s.
oe x
u. Three Die iRs md Cold.
lne Cleveland, o., y With the |
by thermometer at 81 below zero,
ith three lives werey veral homes
destroyed by pc having out
y" pipes, a man ap' Il overcome
up by gas fumes home, four
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