Turkey
GENERAL.
Timm and Stdniy Svn Smviom. London, December 29,
German officers are feverishly supervising the placing of Erzeroum on a war footing. Moslems in Egypt have presented a hospital train, with accommodation for a hundred, and this was cordially accepted. TURKS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES. fIINTTFn Fbmi Association. 1 (Received 8.5 a.m.) . Petrograd, December 29. A communique states: We crossed the Laursing river in the direction of Olti, north-east of Erzerum, and checked large forces. We also occupied the Khamour-Againitz line south-east of Erzerum, the Turks retiring with heavy losses, many being taken prisoners.
NO DEVELOPMENT ON EASTERN FRONTIER.
(Received 9.20 a.m.) Cairo, December 29
There has been no development in tbe situation on the Eastern frontier. A few parties of Turks and Bedouins continue to wander aimlessly along the eastern half of Sinai Peninsula, but the long-distance British outposts report that the Turkish railway into Sinai is a sheer invention, The Senussi display a friendly attitude to Egypt.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 309, 30 December 1914, Page 5
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