EGYPT
TATTERED TURKS ATTACK ON SUEZ A FAILURE REMNANT STRUGGLE HOME (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON', March 24. Received Marcli 24, 7.20 p.m. Mr Martin Donohne, of the Daily Chronicle; from Constanza says tlint the Turkish army is retreating in Egypt as rapidly as its enfeebled condition will permit. Thousands tiro perishing of hunger and thirst in the desert, and falling a prey to vultures, droves of which are following the retreat. The commissiariat. is an niter failure. Djemal Pasha (tlie commander), lias "bolted,” leaving his command to struggle back as it may. Other officers arc straggling into Constantinople. Tlie Russian fleet bombarded several Turkish forts in Asia Minor. TURKISH PROCLAMATION ANOTHER ATTACK ON SUEZ AMSTERDAM, March 21. Received March 21, 9.45 p.m. Djemal Pasha's proclamation, published in Syrian papers, announces that lie is preparing for further operations on tlie .Suez Canal, and hopes shortly to enter Cairo.
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Southland Times, Issue 17469, 25 March 1915, Page 5
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147EGYPT Southland Times, Issue 17469, 25 March 1915, Page 5
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