THE ADVANCE UN MESOPOTAMIA
CLEVER FEINT BY THE BRITISH TURKS LOSE HEAVILY AND RETREAT . (Rec. April 15, 5.5 p.m.) . London, April 14. 'An official dispatch from General Maude, British Commander in Mesopotamia, dated, April 10, states: "Withdrawing our advanced detachments on the right bank of the Piala River, lve drew the bulk of the enemy's j forces on this flank, towards Detyawa. We marched towards the Diala and attacked them on the morning of April .11, the enemy being driven out of his advanced positions near Gnaliges, north-east of Deltawa. The same evening the enemy withdrew six miles, towards Seraijik. "Our operations were continued on April 12 and 13,' it-he Turks falling back on Deli-Abbas. The Turks, lost seven hundred wounded on April 11, and two hundred dead were found. Our casualties were about two hundred."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter. . GERMAN FOOD. "RAIDS" IN ASIA MINOR ARTERIAL RAILWAY SHOULD BE CUT, (Rec. April 15, 5.5 p.m.) t •■■ London, April 14. The "Daily Graphic" /states- that German officials are systematically ransacking Asia Minor. Many trains, laden with food, are dispatched daily by the Constantinople-Berlin railway, returning with munitions for the Turk-, ish troops. Important results would follow the Allies' destruotion of this railway.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • ' ',
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3054, 16 April 1917, Page 5
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