FLOODS ON THE TIGRIS.
IMPEDES THE BRITISH ADVANCE. (Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received January 24, 3.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 23 . General Lake ha.s reported that pour- ; ing rain a. Essin has made the move- ' ment of troops extremely difficult. They have been lighting all day long with varying .•• .acess. It was impossible owing to tlie flood to renew the attack ( on Saturday. General Aylmer assumed 1 \ a position thirteen hundred yards from* the enemy trenches. There is incessant rain, and the floods are increasing.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13899, 24 January 1916, Page 6
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