TURKEY IN ASIA.
TURKS ROUTED.
PETROGEAD, Wednesday
A considerable Turkish force in Kurdistan, on a ten-mile front, attacked the Russian column advancing on Nineveh (on the east side of the Tigris, opposite Mosul). The attackers wero routed with heavy loss. The Turks are apparently the troops released after tho capitulation of Knt-el-Amara. Baghdad has been placed in a strong state of defence by the "best ■: ' '}' ; - '■ ■" ... i .. ■ .! :. .'. ..:V,.. J
German methods, but probably the fate of the town will he decided at ■Nineveh, the loss of which will mean'tho isolation of Baghdad. The task of General Sir Percy Lake's force is now to immobilise as many of the enemy as possible, in order to assist the Russians. Probably the purpose of the ride of the Cossacks to British Headquarters was to arrange for co-operation of the forces.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXX, Issue 14579, 1 June 1916, Page 5
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