THE OPERATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3066, 30 April 1917, Page 5

THE OPERATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA

TURKS AGAIN RETREAT The High.-Commissioner reports':— . London, April 27, 3.20 p.m. . An official report.from Mesopotamia; states:—On "Wednesday night, the 13th , Turkish Army Corps retreated hastily, on both banks of the Shatt-el-Adhem-towards the Jebel Hamrin bilk, from which it had issued a few days previously. The Turks are now entrench* < ing af,ter their second attempt ,tp in* terfere with General Maude's opera-* . tions against the 18th Turkish Army; ■ Corps'. . . .■.'.'■-" '

AFTER THE CROSSING ©F THE SHATT-EL-ADHEM : (Rec. April 29, 5.5 p.m.)' London, April 28. Mr.- Edmund Candler (the British correspondent in Mesopotamia) , wired! > on April 19: "Wβ crossed the Shatt-el- ) Adhem and drove the Turks from a; ■ strong position on a commanding ridge, completely,routing them. Our mountedtroops pursued them all day, taking 1244 prisoners and much' booty. Only. . the exhaustion of the horses and the intense heat prevented the capture oE the enemy's guns."—United Service. CONGRATULATIONS FROM:' THE'. RELIGIOUS-LEADERS. i (Rcc. April 29, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 28. The Press Bureau states that the V Mujtahids, who are the religious lead-*. ■' ers in Kerbela and Nejef (in Turkey , , in Asia), cordially congratulated the . King on the capture of Bagdad a.nd! ■ Dar-es-Salaam. The King, in thanking, thenv expressed his earnest desire for the well-being of Irak and its people, • the preservation of their holy'places, and the restoration. of their ancient prosperity.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

. ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT .• TURKS VERY ACTIVE. . ' (Rec. April 29, 5.5 p.ni/) London, April 28. 'A' Russian wireless official dispatch' states: '.'ln the direction of Erzingarj the Turks'are intensely active. With the assistance of the Kurds they captured the heights south-east of Bauai Our counter-attacks recovered the lost ground." / . .."