British in Persian Gulf.
OCCUPY TOWN OF BASRA.
(.Press Assn.—Kecd. 11.50 p.m-) LONDON, November 24. The Official Press Bureau states that the/British occupied Basra on the 21st inst. The Turks fled to the Tigris Valley
Basra (also Basso ra) is a town in Asiatic Turkey, on the west bank of the Euphrates, 56 miles i'lOiii its mouth, in the Persian Gulf. The river is navigable up to Basia for ships of 500 tons. The population was once 150,000; it is now about 20,000. Basra was founded in the year 636 by the Calif Omar, and became one of the most famous cities in the East.
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Northern Advocate, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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105British in Persian Gulf. Northern Advocate, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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