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BATTLE OF KATIA.

LIST OF ENEMY LOSSES. BRITISH CAPTURE" MUUH BOOTY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn) (BBca. August 20, at 7.5 p.m ) LONDON, August 19. Tlic War Office announces in connection with Katia that the enemy numbered some eighteen thousand, whereot forty-nine officers and 3971 men were made prisoners. - The following material was brought in: A Krupp 75 millimetres battery oi 4 guns, four .thousand rounds, 2300 rifles,- a million cartridges, nine German machine guns, with 30 boxes ot belts of ammunition; quantities ot wire, clothing, swords, entrenching tools, five hundred camels, a hirndred liOTscs and mules. The Turks in retreating burned a quantity of stores at Bir el Alia and abandoned two field hospitals.

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Grey River Argus, 21 August 1916, Page 3

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BATTLE OF KATIA. Grey River Argus, 21 August 1916, Page 3

BATTLE OF KATIA. Grey River Argus, 21 August 1916, Page 3