CONCENTRATION AT DAMASCUS
TYPHOID AND SMALLPOX EPIDEMICS.
LONDON, Dec. 16. Svrian refugees arriving in Alexandria (inEgypt) report a continuation of military activity and concentration of troops at. "Damascus (Syria), and heavy guns are expected. Several epidemics of typhoid and smallpox have broken out. The disarmament, of the Lebanese is believed to be imminent, despite German assertions to the contrary. TURKS BOMBARDED IN GULF OF SAROS. (Re,\ Dec. 18. 8.50 a.m.) ATHENS, Dec. 17. A British squadron on Sunday bombarded the Turkish troops in tho Gulf of Sams, in Thrace, Turkey in Em-ope. ANOTHER GERMAN TRICK. (Rec. Dec. 18. 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 17. In order to gain Mussulman favour, Germans in Turkey pretend to have embraced Islam. They pray in the mosques, with sentinels posted outside, some wearing armlets bearing, in Turkish the words. "There is but one God, Allah."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 18 December 1914, Page 5
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