THE DEFENCE OF KUT.
INNER HISTORY OF WAR
TURKS REJECT OVERTURES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. , 17, 9.35 p.m. Lohdon, Dec. 16. The latest volume of the official history of the war discloses that the late Major-General Sir Charles Townshend, on the of the War Office, offered the Turkish commander £1,000,000 and to surrender the guns if the Kut garrison were allowed freedom onparole. The Turk declined this and a later offer of £2;00b,000. Shortly after this hunger compelled an unconditional surrender.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1924, Page 7
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