IN THE CAUCASUS
TURKISH ATTACK REPELLED By Telegraph—Press .Association-Copyright (Rec. January 9, 5.5 p.m.) Potrograd, January 8. A Russian communique says: —The Turks in the Caucasus assumed the offensive at Akha. Under cover of a fog they reached our artificial defences, when our fire drove them back with heavy losses. WATER IN SINAI DESERT A PROFESSOR'S DISCOVERY. ' flj Mearaph™Frosc Aifoctattnn-Copyrlelit (Rec. January 9, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, January 8. The "Neues Wiener Journal" (published in Vienna) says that a German professor named von Graev'e lias discovered great water sources east of Mount Sinai. 110 reports that the whole Sinai Desert is fertilisable, and urges the dispatch of engineers and adequate machinery. In the meanwhile the Turkish armies are assured of au ample water supply.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2665, 10 January 1916, Page 5
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