BAGDAD SERIOUSLY THREATENED.
RUSSIAN SUCCESS'AT NINEVEH.
REASON FOR COSSACKS' RIDE EXPLAINED. PETROGRAD, May 31. (Received May 31, at 10.10 p.m.) A considerable force of Turks, on a 10=mile front, attacked a Russian column advancing upon Nineveh, but the attackers were routed with heavy losses. The Turks were apparently troops that had been released by the Kut capitulation. Eagdad has been placed in a strong state of defence on the best German methods, but probably the fate of the town will be decided by that of Nine* veh, the loss of which means the isolation of Bagdad. The task of General Lake's force is now to immobilise as many of the enemy as possible in order to assist the Russians. This was probably the pur= pose of the ride of the Cossacks to the British headquarters to arrange a plan' of operations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16709, 1 June 1916, Page 7
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