A BATTLE AT THE OASIS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 10 June 1912, Page 5

A BATTLE AT THE OASIS

THE TURKS EXPELLED

BY JOABLE—PBBSS AiJ3OOIATION--COPYB7GHT. fourteen battalions, with artillery »nd* cavalry, quitted Tangier and seized Jfche Zanzur oasis after driving the •Turks to the outhills southward at the

bayonet point. A sharp fight occurred •(Byfln the western edge of the oasis. The /Turks were expelled and pursued. \ A five hours' engagement is reported ■ *from Horns, where 500 Turks attacked the Mergheb redoubts, but were subjected to a heavy rifle and artillery fire and were routed., sustaining considerable losses.