CAMPAIGN AGAINST EGYPT.
- TURKS CANNOT DELAY.
DRY SEASON APPROACH
DISCONTENT AMONG ARABS-
(Revived January IT, 7.30 p.m.)
London, January 16.
The Cairo correspondent of the Daily News states that the projected Turkish advance on Egypt cannot he deferred beyond the middle of February. After then tho water supplies of the desert will be dried up.
The Turks have collected 13.000 camels in Syria, many being intended for the transport of artillery. Three-fourths of the army consists of picked Turkish troops. There is much discontent among the Arab contingent and desertions are numerous. The real power in the array is vested in Colonel von Kres-sc-nstein.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15820, 18 January 1915, Page 5
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