THE GUNBOATS OF THE TIGRIS
GALLANT UP-RIVER FIGHT "/•■■■■■ ■ ■ - • .
THE "HAIRPIN BEND".
(Rec. March 22, 10.45 p.m.) London, March 22. • Mr. Gaudier, .writing'.from Addizeh, describes the splendid work ; of the • . Tigris fleet, - which, -jointly with the cavalry, .turned the Turkish retreat ' : into a rout. Tlio fleet encountered a desperate resistance at Navir-Kellah, ■ <■■■. where the river turns a complete hair- • pin tend, placing passing vessels under file from three sides. The enemy's artillery and, machine-gun ■ : teams wero entrenched at the apex of , the bend, and/ raked tlie gunboats com- ' ' ing' 'aiid going, firing at point-blank -range as they passed. Our pompoms •and machino-guns enfiladed ,the positions/ and tho fleet rounded the bend •at . sixteen knots, when they enabled ■havoc to be made of-the Turkish transport and gun-teams." Our horse, and, • artillery, effectively co-operating, created hopeless confusion in the ranks of the fleeing enemy. ' Our. gunboats \ , also engaged the enemy's shipping at . oxtreme rango, and captured several •steamers.—Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3035, 23 March 1917, Page 6
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