WAR AGAINST TURKEY
F9CHTINC IN MESOPOTAMIA.
LONDON, April 22. .; It.'isvofficially- stated' tßat'tife Turk; ish losses at Shaiba are, estimated at 2-500. Turks aro everywhere in.disorganised retreat,, both by road and river. Twelve Arab craft have been overtaken a,nd sunk, and 515 prisoners have been brought to Basra. Our advanced cavalry have occupied Nakhailah. There aro no enemy forces nearer than Rattair, 18 miles northwest of Nakhailah.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9122, 23 April 1915, Page 5
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