TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.
f' TURKS CONCENTRATING. WILL SMYRNA BE ATTACKED P By Teleiraph-Press Association-Copyright-(Keo. June 9, 5.5 p.m.)' Constantinople, June 8. Turkey is o3noentrating forty thousand troops at Smyrna in expectation of a joint military and naval action on a largo scale on the Asiatic coasts of the Aegean Sea, where it is believed a descent will be made. BOMBS FROM AN AIRSHIP. Rome, June 7. An Italian dirigible at Benghazi dropped bombs, which exploded in the Turkish camp. SHARP FIGHTING. TURKS PURSUED FOR FIVE HOURS. (Reo.'June 10, 0.30 a.m.) Rome, June 9. Fourteen battalions, with artillery and cavalry seized the Zanzur oasis, after driving the Turks to the out-hills, southward. Bayonets were used. A sharp fight took place at the western edge of the oasis, the Turks being expelled and pursued for five hours An engagement is reported at Horns, whero 500 Turks attacked the Mergheb redoubts, but were subjected to heavy rifle and artillery fire, and were routed, sustaining considerable losses.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19120610.2.29
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
162TURCO-ITALIAN WAR. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in