MIDDLE EAST
OPERATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA, SPLENDNID ADVANCE REPORTED; ' — i (Australian and Reuters,) Received February 4; at fi.fi p.m, LONDON, February ■ In Mesopotamia we advanced 300, v/i'i'ils on'tlie night of the 28th ami 20th' on tlio ,right, of tho Tigris and ITni ion, also by<2oo to 300 westward of.the Tigris and the Hai on an 800 yards front. Our casualties were slight; Our* cavalry,. on Wednesday seen red large stocks and grain anil wo cap-, tilled p Thursday tho peiHiltimnteiirio of. trephes eastward of the Tigris and ; Hai, On the right hand of the lattor. river wo repulsed a counter-attack, W6 at lacked and captured ■ some trenches' Westward of the Tigris -and Hai. AYo killed a large number of the enemy, • We .woi'D subsequently compelled to relinquish,n portion oftlio. ground.gain- • ed. Our cavalry throughout the latter' ! operatoins, successfully. operated Tvest; ward-of'Kut-el-Amara, ?
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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13796, 5 February 1917, Page 8
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140MIDDLE EAST North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13796, 5 February 1917, Page 8
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