Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1917 — FIGHT FOR BETHLEHEM [ARTICLE]

FIGHT FOR BETHLEHEM

Dispatch Tells How British Won From Turks. Allenby's Forces Deployed at Night and Threatened Enemy’3 Line Retreat. . . « ' London, Dec. 24.—The London papers announce that a “unique and historic" Christmas message will *be sent from Great Britain to the United States on Tuesday. London, Dec. 24. —The Christian people of the world received H Christmas greeting from the soldiers of General Allenby. It was the first detailed account of how the British troops wrested from the dominion of the Turks the city of Bethlehem, where 1,900 years ago was born the Savior. The news comes in a dispatch from Reuter's correspondent at Jerusalem. It says: “One of the most brilliant pieces of work during the recent operations was the capture of Bethlehem. The Turks had strong fortifications here with numerous field guns oil the outskirts of the town. “The troops which had been ordered to take the town deployed by night far to the left, threatening the Turkish line of retreat and compelling the Turks to withdraw. Welsh troops then entered. Bethlehem ait daylireak.”