SUNDAY'S FIGHT ON THE CANAL FRONT
PICKED ENEMY TROOPS ENGAGED WORCESTERSHIRES CAPTURED IN REARGUARD FIGHTING 'By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ■■'■■' ' (Rec. April 27, 10.40 p.m.) 1 , London, April 26. Offioial.—During the fighting on Sunday at Katiyeh, a greatfy superior force, consisting of one thousand Germans and also picked Turkish cavalry, who had fought at Adrianople and Cape Helles, forced a British detachment, consisting of Hussars, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire 'Yeomanry to retire. The latter foughf a severe rearguard action, inflicting heavy losses. The Woreestershires were captured, owing to their horses being Only one thousand of the enemy remain at the Katiyeh Oasis. ■ On Tuesday, the enemy's aeroplanes bombed Port Said.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2757, 28 April 1916, Page 5
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