CAPTURE OF KUT.
PURSUIT OF TURKS. MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. (Router's Telegrams.) _ ■' LONDON, Feb. 27. In- the House of, Lords, Lord Curtelegrams from General Maude: stating that on the morning of .February . 25 cavalry and •'••■ infantry I moved _ . westward -in - pursuit' of- the Tetrnating enemy. J Strong Turkish rearguards, supported by artillery, occupied, trench positions fcf.toen miles west and north-west of* Kutrpl-Amara, evidently covering tho withdjc-wal from Ba.gh ail ah:* < - / . ! Ai'tetv tyi intense bombai dment < our i infantry sasaiiltad the •• 'position':', and' obtained footing therein wtfile "'our I cavalry onerntod round - the' 1 Turkish; northern flank Many/: prisoners, numerous flocks, equipment and stores were captured'. ;; IN GERMANY. • TURKS WANT HELP and N.Z. Cable Assnri 1 TILE "HAGUE. Feb 27. , Gens an militarists arc. chagrined at tihe ...loss-of Kat-01-Amara and censure tho Turks. ■ • v : Newspapers assure the public that it does;'not matter, because the. final decision is being-readied on the sea. and in France. : , . T!iq Turkish Ambassador -pessimisti-cally,-.reported on the condition of Turkey and requested assistance.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16194, 1 March 1917, Page 8
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