IN THE MIDDLE EAST

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13659, 30 August 1916, Page 3

IN THE MIDDLE EAST

BRITISH PRISONERS IN TURKEY. •iOUD TREATMENT REPORTED, (Australian and N.H. Cable Asso'uimiuu.) 'NEW YORK, 'August. :'S. I wn instrill-tors of lliu American Colji'jti' nl fleirul, Syria, who traversed Turkey, .have returned. Tliey assert that the British "Tommies" and Ausli'flliiin prisoners are given the same rations as the Turkish soldiers, and in some districts prisoners are made a double allowance of meat. Kindness was shown to the prisoners in all the camps visited. FIGHTING IN THE CAUCASUS. RUSSIANS PRESS FORMED, (Australian and IJ,Z, Cnljlo Association.) LONDON, August 28. A Russian communique says: Fighting continues to .the Caucasus from Kyghi to Lake Van. Our detachments drove the Turks from their trenches on the bank of the Masladarasi and crossed to the west bank. They continue to press the Turks in the direction of Mossal.