BRITISH NAVAL OPERATION ON THE RED SEA.
■R| CAPTURE OF A FORT ON THE EASTERN SHORE. ;-"',• Australian and N.Z. Cable, (Received 11.20 p.m.) LONDON. June i«. j|||£ r The Admiralty reports that warships on Tuesday , captured Fort Saliff, on the eastern shore of the Red Sea., 180 miles north of Perim, after a resistance lasting three hours. The British captured 94 pri« I soners, two mountain guns, military stores, camels, and harbour plant.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16567, 16 June 1917, Page 7
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73BRITISH NAVAL OPERATION ON THE RED SEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16567, 16 June 1917, Page 7
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