THE TIGRIS BATTLE
RETREATING ENEMY BEING PURSUED i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, January 11. ■ Mr. Chamberlain adds that Colonel " Campbell's column on the right bank ' of the river carried the enemy's posi- : tions, capturing two guns and seven ; hundred prisoners. Colonel Aylmer on ; the left bank, was opposed by three j Turkish divisions. He was delayed by | the enemy trying to outflank him, but ; finally the Turks fled. General Nixon returns ' to England owing to ill-health. j The victory is regarded as most important. In the principal fighting we : occupied the Tigris bank for three miles ; below Sheikh Shad. The Kembali col- 1 umu, which was adjacont, was also j operating against the enemy.- On the ' ninth Colonel Aylmer reported that the ; enemy was "I am pursu- | ing the enemy, but hoavy rain hinders i the pursuit. The enemy has fallon back i on Orali." The Turks surround Kut-el-Amara, ' which they expect to capture either by : assault or starving out the English gar- ■ risen of ten thousand,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2667, 12 January 1916, Page 5
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167THE TIGRIS BATTLE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2667, 12 January 1916, Page 5
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