BRITISH SUCCESS IN EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.
ENVER PASHA'S BROTHER AMONG THE KILLED. The High Commissioner cables under date of London, February 29:— The action fought-in Egypt on Saturday proves to have resulted in a decisive British success. .The enemy under the personal command of Nuri Bey, brother of Enver Pasha, r Turkish. Minister for War,,held a strong,position 15 miles south-east of Barani. I**?;' '-'•-=-•-! j ■■.-.-•• - . •'. The attack ofUtile South African Infantry, under General Lu'kin, was' completely successful, and the charge of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry was brilliant and most effective. Gaefer, a chief subordinate to Nuri Bey, was wounded and taken prisoner. Nuri' Bey-was killed,. The enemy left 200' dead and'wounded' on the ground. '<i.~ ■'■'■'
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 52, 1 March 1916, Page 5
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