FIGHTING ON THE TIGRIS
A TURKISH COMMUNIQUE. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Amsterdam, June 12. A Turkish communique states: "Oui artillery in the Felahio sector 6n the Tigris exploded ammunition aboard two enemy gunboats. The explosion sank the gunboats, and also three large' boats they had in tow, laden with ammunition. Our artillery ignited, four other boats loaded with explosives, but they escaped. Our shells caused a fire in the camp of an enemy battalion, and tho camp was destroyed. "We annihilated 1000 hostile cavalry in ehe Tegion of Schemdinan, : capturing much booty." '
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 14 June 1916, Page 5
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