IN MESOPOTAMIA.
FURTHER BRITISH ADVANCES,
Received 17 4th t 5.30 p.m LONDON, Fe ruary 3,
Mesop:t'snii3 re ort: We a^van ed 300 yards on the night of 28th-29ti on tthe righi bank towdars t':e Ti ris-Hai J h-.ti-n. We a]sovfedvan?td N 200 Cto 300 yards Westward of Tigris-Hai, eajtwa^d T'gris-Hai ei,ht handled yards front. Our casualties were slight. Our cavai y on, Wednesday secured large stocks of grain, and captured on Thursday the Penultimate line o: "Iren/hes eastward of the Tigris-H :l Oa the right baink of the latter ri-er we" repulsed a counter-attack. We attacked: and captureil trenches westward o? the Tigrs-Hai, and killed a hr^e number of the enemy, N ■ '
We trere subsequently compell d-+o relinquished a portioii of the ground
gained.
Our ea-valry throu?h©ut the, letter operations fiuccesfifwZly o;eratei westward of X.\\U ci Amarar
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 5 February 1917, Page 5
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