IN MESOPOTAMIA.
TURKS FALL INTO A TRAP. HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED. (Australian and N.Z- Cable Services.) LONDON. April 15. Mesopotamia official—General Maude reports that on April 10th, by withdrawing advanced detachments to the right bank of the Diala, we drew the bulk of the enemy forces on this bank towards Deltawa. We marched towards the Diala and attacked on the morning of the 11th. The enemy were driven out of advanced positions near Gnaliges, north-east of Deltawa. The same evening the enemy withdrew six miles towards Serajik. Operations continued on the 12th. and 13th, the Turks falling back to Deliabbas. The Tnrks lost 700 wounded on the 11 th. Two hundred dead were found. Our casualties were about 200.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15195, 16 April 1917, Page 5
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118IN MESOPOTAMIA. Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15195, 16 April 1917, Page 5
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