TURKEY'S FORLORN HOPE.
V^PTHE ADVANCE ON. SUEZ CANAL
BADLY ORGANISED AND f ;EQUIFPEI> ARMY.
HORSES A»!> CA3IELS
STARVING.'
(Received 1 Feb. 3, 9.40 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 3
' The Daily Chronicle's Cairo cprrsrespondent states that the Turkish ■Advance guard of 6000 men has •peached Nakhl. >. It is badly equipped and unable to attack the Ca>nal. "The.main army has not commenced to advance. The majority of the lo^oe are still scattered, and' -feadly .<ofgaxdsed and equipped. There have been many desertions, *uid the camels and horses are starving. ■fcN'aknl is on the caravaffX1 route • -from Akaba to Cairo, and is about .-aaidway between Akaba and Suez.jj
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1915, Page 5
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104TURKEY'S FORLORN HOPE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1915, Page 5
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