IN MESOPOTAMIA
A BRITISH SUCCESS ARAB WAR ON THE TURKS (Rec. August 2i, 0.5 a.m.) London, August 23. An official report from Mesopotamia 6tatcs: "Wo hava captured Shahraban, on tho loft bank of tho Dialah, and forced the enemy to retreat to tho Hainrin Hills." Tho War Office announces that tho Arabs, in extensive operations, have destroyed part of tho railway northward of Medina, .and captured Turkish posts. On more than <)ne occasion they overcame superior forces. They killed seven hundred and took seven hundred prisoners in the Maan district alone, capturing four guns. It is evident that the King of Hedjaz has definitely associated himself with the Allied aims, whioh is bound to embarrass our' enemies. _ The Arab movement is apparently gaining support, and spreading eastward."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3172, 24 August 1917, Page 5
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