THE DIDDLE EAST.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13996, 28 January 1916, Page 5

THE DIDDLE EAST.

MESOPOTAMIA.

THE RECENT FIGHTING

TWENTY-THREE MILES FROM KUT

ESSIN POSITION STRONGLY

ENTRENCHED

(Received Jan. 27, 10.30 p.m.)

London, Jan. 26

The Press Bureau reports that the recent fighting was twenty-three miles below Kut-el-Amara, not seven. The mistake was due to the India Office misunderstanding a cable referring to the Essin position, which is known to be strongly entrenched.