TURKEY
BitITISH VICTORY AT TOR TURKS CLEARED FROM SOUTHERN SINAI. LONDON, Feb. 15. The defeat at- Tor clears.the Turks from the southern portion of the Sinai Peninsula. The victory has greater significance owing to the situation Toi, it being the biggest quarantine station in the world. All the Mecca pilgrims must pass it. HERO OF TOUSSOUM. LONDON, Feb. 15. The hero of the Toussoum attack was De Arew, pilot of .the Hardinge, who was severelv wounded in. the arm and lc"-. He refused to leave his post, and cried, "Bring me a chair and prop me up. I will see you through. The leg has since been amputated.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 16 February 1915, Page 5
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