IN MESOPOTAMIA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2577, 27 September 1915, Page 5

IN MESOPOTAMIA

THE BRITISH ADVANCE TWO,. ACTIONS IN THE GARDEN OE EDEN". By Telegraph—sross Association—CoDyrlehi ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)! (Ike, September 25, 5.3 p.m.) London, September 24. "The Timee's" correspondent at Heso-i potamia says the troops hero and in tlie Persian Gulf welcome the' approaching jrinter as ending the spell of long trying heat. ' The climate has taken heavy toll of British and Indian troops alike. The troops opposing the British advance are mainly Turkish regulars, assisted by Arabs and Kurd levies and 1 warlike Arab tribesmen of the country, but the latter played a .three-cornered game, harassing and plundering. both; sometimes turning .a defeat into a disastrous rout. _ , Students of divinity will be interested! to know that two important aotions were fought on the actual site of the Garden of Eden, which, locally stated, is the Kurna junction of the Tigris and! Euphrates. British troops garrisoned there, express doubts as to the authenticity, though pandering to local opinion: so far as to dub the most important thoroughfares ' 'Serpent's ; Corner'and "Temptation Square." '