MIDDLE EAST

Nelson Evening Mail, 7 August 1916, Page 5

MIDDLE EAST

" EGYPT. HARD FIGHTING EAST OF PORT SAID. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Official.) 1/ONDON, Aug. 5. ■Since midnight on Thursday 14,000 Turks have been attacking our positions near R-omani, east- of Port Said, on a front of seven or eight miles, withoutmaking any impression. ' •* ' We have captured between 400 and 500 'prisoners.

The fighting on tho southern flank is also going in our favour. . A further 400' or 500 prisoners wore captured •here.

Warships rendered yaluahlef ateeis-t----ance. The fighting continues. The temperature .is 100 degrees in the shade. >

ATTACK CAREFULLY ORGANISED

'■BRITISH HOLD. ALL WELLS' NEAR. CANAL.

(Reuter's Telegrams.)

f (ißec. Aug. 7, 9.15 a.m.) 'LONDON, Aug. 6. Two thousand 1 Austro-Germans and a large number of Bedouin irregulars are assisting the Turks east of Port Said. The attack was evidently carefully organised, 'but all the wells near the Canal are in our hands, and the enemy must bring? eyf!ry drop of water to Roumani from Aghratina "by ca;mels> It is considered that General -Yturray wall be able to cope with the situation."