THE MIDDLE EAST.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14154, 17 April 1916, Page 5

THE MIDDLE EAST.

BRITISH VICTORY ON THE TIGRIS.

TURKS FORCED BACK

London, April 14

The British defeated the Turks on the Tigris. The Turks were driven back 3 miles.

General Sir Percy Lake reports that the troops south of the Tigris on the 12th inst. forced back the enemy's lines over a distance of 1\ to 3 miles after crossing an inundated belt intersected with deep cuts. Water from the marshes was driven from the north-west by a gale into the enemy's trenches at Sannaiyat. The enemy, while taking refuge in a new position, were heavily punished. ;i .