TURKS AGAIN ROUTED
DASHING ATTACK IN MESOPOTAMIA
TURKISH ARMY CORPS DRIVEN FROM THE HILLS FORTIFIED VILLAGE STORMED The High Commissioner reports:— . London, May 2, 9.50 p.m. An. official dispatch from Mesopotamia states: "We attacked the 13th Turkish Army Corps at dawn on April 30, against a strong position which they occupied on both banks of the. Shatt-el-Adhim, 25 miles south-west of Kifri. We surprised the enemy's first two linos, including a fortified village, which we rapidly stormed with great dash. The- postion. was swept in irresistible style. The Turkish counterattacks regained the village, but lost it again and began a general retreat which continued throughout the night of April 30. On Tuesday our cavalry drove them from the Jebel Hamrin Hills. On Monday we captured 359 of tho onemy, including two battalion commanders, one Hotchkiss gun, and a large quantity of ammunition." OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE (800. May 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 2. An official dispatch from states: —"Our artillery in the neighbourhood of Gaza dispersed, the enemy's working parties, anil olew up an ammunition depot."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3070, 4 May 1917, Page 5
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