IN MESOPOTAMIA
CRITICISM nr THE LORDS. (By Telegraph—Tress Assn.—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 13. Received July 14, 8.25 p.m. The Duke of Somerset, in the House of Lords, said that letters from officers in Mesopotamia disclosed a disgraceful state of affairs. He was informed that a thousand wounded were sent down in one boat in charge of one officer and one orderly. Their wounds were not dressed until they arrived at Bombay. MINOR ENCOUNTERS. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, July 14. Received July 14, 9.20 p.m. Official. Mesopotamia reports record minor enchanters in which we punished brigands. Enemy artillery and air craft ineffectually bombarded our lines at Sannaiyat.
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Southland Times, Issue 17786, 15 July 1916, Page 5
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