MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN.
s*l pRIYING THE TURKS BACK
(United Service.)
LONDON, April 29. Mr Edmund Candler, official correspondent m Mesopotamia, wired on the 19th:
We crossed the Shat-el-Adham and drove the Turks from a strong position on the ridge commanding, completely routing them. • .Oiir. mounted pursued the enemy all day long, tajrin« 1244 prisoners and much booty. Only the exhaustion of the horses and .<the intense heat prevented the capture of the enemy guns.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 3
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73MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 3
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