TURKS ABANDON EGYPT AND PERSIA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2485, 11 June 1915, Page 5

TURKS ABANDON EGYPT AND PERSIA

TO MEET THE PERIL NEARER HOME RUSSIAN FLEET BUSY IN THE BLACK SEA t The Salonika correspondent of the "Echo do Paris" represents that owing to the uncertainty about Rumania, and the stubborn atacks 011 the GallipoU Peninsula, tho Committee of Union and Progress, with the approval of (jermaii oliicers, has decided to abandon the Turkish operations in EgYDt and lersia, and concentrate all the forces at the Dardanelles and in Constantinople. Tho Sultan declares that ho "will resign when requested to leave Constantinople. RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET BUSY. The High Commissioner reports:— I ..OIL -n • r.l , „ ™ London, June 10. '4.own. Iho Russian Black_ Sea Fleet on Monday bombarded Zunguldak and ILosla (on tho Asiatic side, east of the entrance to tho Bosphorus), destroying the remaining quays and coal establishments, and also sank two Turkish steamers which were coaliug." THE TURKISH DEFEAT IN MESOPOTAMIA ENEMY COMPLETELY DEMORALISED. (Reo. June 10, 9.45 p.m.) London, June 9, Official.—Details of tho combined naval and military attack at Kurna (on tho Tigris, near its junction with the Euphrates) show that the enemy's forces were completely demoralised, and did not resist. In the pursuit most of the boats surrendered when overtaken, while the Turkish gunboat Marmariss was sunk and the transport Mosul captured. The garrison at Amarah, numbering over a thousand, surrendered to an insignificant British force. The prisoners include Humin Bey and Saifullah, the two commanders. AUSTRALIA'S LOST SUBMARINE-GREW SAFE. (Rec. June 10, 11.20 p.m.) _ Melbourne, June 10. In the Federal House. Mr. Jensen state'd that tho officers and crew of Submarine AE2 were saved when the submarine was sunk while attempting to I enter tho Sea of Marmora.