Mesopotamia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 20, 17 August 1917, Page 5

Mesopotamia

i PROMOTION FOR MERIT. i - Pi oss Association—Copyright. (Reuter’s Telegrams. •'Received B.Jo a.in.) \ London, August l(i. In the House of Commons Mr Montagu announced ihat Major Carter, who exposed the medical defects in Mesopotamia, has been promoted, to Lieut.-Colonel. NEW TURCO-CERMAN J ARMY. • A INSTRUCTIONS TO CAPTURE BACH DA D AT ANY COST. Press Association—Copy right, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. • Received S.lo a.m.) London, August 10. The Morning Post’s .Rome correspondent says that German troops have been sent to Anatolia to form the nucleus of a combined army, and that have been instructed to capture Baghdad at any cost.