IN MESOPOTAMIA
PROGRESS OF RELIEF FORCE.
WITHIN 25 MILES OF KUT-EL-
AMARA
TURKS DEFEATED AT ORAH
RETREATING EAST AND NORTH
CLOSELY PRESSED BY BRITISH
DELHI, .January Hi
Official : General Aylmer on the 13th attacked the Turks at Oral), 2o miles from Kut-el-Amara. Alter a heavy day-long battle the Turks retreated, closely pressed, to the east and north.
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. PETROGRAD, January 1(5. A communique states we occupied Konvujar, and are marching towards Kermanshah.
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Waikato Times, Volume 86, Issue 13082, 17 January 1916, Page 5
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