IN MESOPOTAMIA
TURKS ASK FOR AN ARMISTICE Bj Telecrasli—Press Association—CJopyrJElt 4 (Reo. January 2, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 31. A report from General Townshend istates that the enemy asked for four ■ hours' armistice to bury his dead and 1 remove the wounded before the fort .which he attacked on Christmas Day. Independent reports confirm the heavy Turkish losses sustained at Otesiphon, also during General Townshend's retreat and recent attaoks at Kut-el-Amara. Our casualties at the Christmas fighting were 71 killed and 309 wounded. Reinforcements are steadily pushing ®P V ■' ' ' A VILLAGE ATTACKED. BY TURKISH RIFLE FIRE. London) December 31, 9.35 p.m. High Commissioner's report:— "General Townshend reports that a tillage on the right bank of the Tigris was heavily fired by enemy rifles. There was no other fighting."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2659, 3 January 1916, Page 5
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128IN MESOPOTAMIA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2659, 3 January 1916, Page 5
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