THE DASH FOR KUT-ELAMARA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2671, 18 January 1916, Page 5

THE DASH FOR KUT-EL-AMARA

RELIEF FORCE FIGHTING ALL THE WAY A SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT BRUSH WITH ARABS IN '.V. • EGYPT KAISER'S MYSTERIOUS .ILLNESS News- from the main war fronts to-day discloses nothing of any magnitude. There is'an interesting note in the Western budget reporting the shelling of Lille by the British, the bombardment doing some damage. Detailed narratives of the great Russian offensive which burst upon Eastern Galicia at. Chnstmas time are beginning to . . through, and the appalling' intensity of the Russian artillery is graphically pictured in the language of one correspondent to-day. The Russians retain the initiative, but a thaw has rendered transport impossible for artillery and difficult for infantry; hence .the lull. The A'ustrians report tremendous fighting in Bessarabia, and claim to have repulsed the Russians with severe losses. Aylmer's force whioh is marching to the relief of General Townshend at Kut-el-Amara is fighting all the way. The latest news from Mesopotamia reports that Aylmer has forced the Turks to retreat after severe, fighting, which lasted all day. A British column in Egypt has had a brush with a force of Arabs, and forced the enemy to'retreat. The German Government -has sent another Note on the l Barralong incident—an interesting and highly-amusing display of Crocodilian professions.