MESOPOTAMIA.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14293, 23 December 1916, Page 5

MESOPOTAMIA.

BRITISH AERIAL BOMBARD-

ME NTS.

ENEMY POSITIONS ATTACKED,

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

and Reuter.)

(Received Dec. 22, 6 p.m.)

London, Dec. 21. A. Mesopotamia official report states that the British aeroplanes bombed river craft westward1 of Kut-el-Amara, and made strong reconnaissances westward of Shumarua, at the bend of the Tigris. " '

Tlkt enemy's positions at Sanhaiyat and lvut were heavily bombarded, and a bridge across the Hai river was set on fire.