NEW RUSSIAN ARMY RESUMES THE MARCH ON BAGDAD.
UNINTERRUPTED SERIES OF SUCCESSES EXPECTED. 'Australian and N.Z. Cable, Association. FETROGIIAD. September 17. The Russian abandonment of Kermaijshah, on the road to Bagdad, some weeks ago, was due to the intense heat, which has now ceased, and the. Russians are in the field with practically a new army. The i recent successes will probably continue without interruption. v-. It is officially announced that a Turkish offensive in the Caucasus j|' has been repulsed. U Kci-maushah is situated on the southern line limiting the Russian "sphere ?\; of influence'" in Persia. It is about 150 miles in a direct line north-cast of :>-:';:'; : Bagdad.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16338, 19 September 1916, Page 7
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