BRITISH MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 938, 12 February 1917, Page 11

BRITISH MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS.

STRONG POSITION CAPTURED AT KUT. GAINS ON A FRONT OF OVER THREE MILES. Eigh Commissioner's Cable. LONDON, February 11 (8.15 p.m.) An official report from Mesopotamia states:—During the night of February 9 we repulsed four Turkish attacks on our right. On our left our position has been further improved. On February 10 our hold on the enemy's trenches was rapidly extended by a heavy bombardment and assault. We captured 500 yards of trenches and the liquorice factory at Kutel-Amara. To the right we are making steady progress. We have a new line over a frontage of more than 6000 yards, the enemy being pushed back 800 to 1200 yards. There have been heavy Turkish casualties.' The liquorice factory is a very strongly fortified post on the western siilo of Kutel-Amara, inside the Tigris loop. It was the centro of fierce lighting at the time of General Towusheud 's retreat from Ctesiphon to Kut.