TURKS' WOEFUL PLIGHT.
DRIVEN BOOTLESS OUT OF
PERSIA. t LONDON, May 14. How the Russians drove the Turks from the Hamadan-Kcrind road towards Bagdad-, is described by Mr Candler, who is now with our Army nprth ypi Bagdad. The road all the tia j* 1 from Hamadan was a defild betweeii' ' snowclad ranges, which made a turning movement almost impossible. Hence there ■was 'no opportunity of rdifhdihg up ),he Turkish rearguard, but owing to the Relentless pressure of the pursuit the enemy suffered heaVy " losses iii- thqf retreat, through artillery fire, sickness, and <sjkhaustion. All the way the road' M^as .littered with dead mules, horses, camels, asses and buffaloes. The Turks' ranks 'Ver. thinned"' by typhus, andl most of It-fern f were!' 'bare-footed.- Between Ke^'roinshah and Khanikin is an uninhabited waste. Seven armies have pas_pd thrpuQ-.li it m ten months. Villages Are abandoned and supplies do not ejcist even m districts which are least exhausted. Nearly 2000 new graves were counted it Ki-. .nans-hob, alone. Persia is now clespr of the Turks, 'and there are no enemy' this side of the Diala river.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14347, 12 July 1917, Page 3
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183TURKS' WOEFUL PLIGHT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14347, 12 July 1917, Page 3
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