AN ADVANCE IN MESOPOTAMIA
MOVE TO ENVELOP THE TURKS
ENEMY RETREATING TO THE HILLS
London, October 21. An official report from Mesopotamia states: "There have been successful operations in the vicinity of Deltawa and Xizil Eobat. Our columns began an enveloping movement on Friday, and drove the enemy across the_ river DialaThe Turks destroyed the bridge at Jiizu Robat, and retreated to the southern hills of tho Jebel Hamrin liange."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. [Deltawa is a village on the west bank of the Diala Ki\'er, 25 miles due north of Bagdad. ICizil Eobat, 05 miles northeast of Bagdad, and 35 miles from Deltawa, :s on the east side of the Diala, in the eastern entrance of the gorge by which the river traverses tho Jebel Hamrin mountains."]
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 24, 23 October 1917, Page 5
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