Fighting in persia.
NATIONALIST ADVANCE. AN ENGAGEMENT NEAR THE CAPITAL. ARTILLERY DUEL. " (By Tclcßraph — I'rcss Association —Copyrlcbt) (Rec. Julj 12, 9.15 p.m ), Toheran, July 12. Twelve hundred of the ■Shah , * troops, under three Russian officers, attacked a united force of tho Bakhtian tribesmen and other Nationalists at Badaraek, twelve lnilea westward of Teheran. Tho tribesmen's position was shelled for two hours with four guns under cover, while £00 Persian Cossacks galloped across the plain aud occupied a email lull to tlio north' east. The Nationalists' two mountain guns replied at intervals, and dropped four sheila on tlio hill. Tho Cossacks retired, intending to renew the operations to-day.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 5
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107Fighting in persia. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 5
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