FROZEN TO DEATH AT KARA URGAN
AWFUL FATE OF TURKISH SOLDIERS ANOTHER RUSSIAN VICTORY (Reo. January 20, 1.20 a.m.) _ Petrograd, January 19. Official—"The pursuit of the Turks from Kara Uxgan continues. There waß a two days' battle at Jenihos, the Turks lost heavily and fled' precipitately, abandoning baggage and many prisoners. "In one wood at Kara Urgan the Russians found 900 Turks frozen to death, their icy hands grasping their rifles/ The temperature wa-s 13 degrees below zero. Those alive aotuaily attempted to fight, but were quickly made prisoners." THE TURKISH ADVANCE IN PERSIA. London, January 18. The Turks hare notified Persia that; they will withdraw, provided the Russians evacuate the Caucasian region.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ' BRITISH OPERATIONS IN MUSCAT. , , London, January 18. Offioial.—British forces assisting the Sultan of Muscat (in Arabia) repelled a rising and inflicted five hundred casualties.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2363, 20 January 1915, Page 5
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