Allied forces were uniformly suecessful in all thrusts into Syria with the exception of that In the Metulla sector, the position of which was still static when he left at dawn, wrote Reuters special correspondent with the British Imperial forces tu Syria on Monday, He continued: "I drove down the! Hula valley and crossed the swollen Jordan on to the Damscus road. interviewed French soldiers, non commissioned officers and Senegalese who were prisoners, They admitted no hostile attitude towards Britain, but said they were foreed to Aight}
'wTo. the east I learned that the Indians had taken Dora and were advancing towards Damascus along] the coastal route, The situation, is well In hand,"—Router,
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