Turkey
AMPLE TROOPS IN EGYPT. United Press Association. Rome, December 6. The correspondent of II Mattins interviewed General Maxwell, commanding in Egypt, who said that every thing was ready for the defence of the country. There was no lack of troops. A RUSSIAN VICTORY. : ..-, ■ ■■■< ' Petrograd, December 6. Official: The Russians captured Sarai Kashkal, alter desperate resistance. The Turks fled towards Van, leaving many prisoners and their wounded. BRITISHERS IN DANGER. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Constantinople, December 6. Sir Edwin Pears was arrested and his offices were searched. Talaat Bey, Minister for the Interior, threatens that unless two persons, presumably Turkish emissaries, arresteJ at. Port Said, are released forthwith he will seize Britishers as hostages. THREATENING BULGARIA. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) London, December 6. The Turkish forces concentrated between Enos, Adrinnople, Kirkilisse) and the frontier of Bulgaria aggregate three hundred thousand. They are well supplied with powerful artillery and are divided into two armies.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 291, 7 December 1914, Page 5
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