THE MIDDLE EAST.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17198, 19 June 1916, Page 7

THE MIDDLE EAST.

IN MESOPOTAMIA. BRITISH TRENCHES ADVANCED. By Telegraph—Preeel Association—Copyright. LONDON, Juno 16. An official messngo says:—The situation in Mesopotamia is unchanged. Our trendies have been advanced to within two hundred yards of the enemy, and at Sannaiyat we occupied an advanced position on the south bank. Turkish artillery ' sank three barges, and this incident is apparently the basis of an imaginative Turkish communique on June 15. -i ' 1 A TURKISH REPORT. AMSTERDAM, June 16. A Turkish communique states::— The enemy at Felahio removed their camp beyond tho range of our guns. A TURKISH .OFFENSIVE. ENEMY DRIVEN BACK. RETRO GRAD, June 16. A communique states:—The Turkish offensive p the direction of Bagdad occupied the town of Serpul, but wc dislodged the attackers and drovo them back to the original positions. (Received June 18, 11 p.m.) PETROGRAD, June 18. A communique states:—We repulsed Turkish attempts at an offensive in the Trebizond sector. Twenty-seven of our scouts, after a two hours’ fight, dislodged three hundred Turks in the direction of Mosul, compelling them to retreat.