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GREAT RUSSIAN ;; COUP " • 37,000 TURKS ■ 4 CAPTURED,;.' REPORTED FALL OF MOSUL By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. May 19, 1.10 a.m.) New York, j[ay 18. A message has been, from Petrograd saying that the Grand Duke Nicholas has captured 37,000 Turks,'.and" taken vast supplies of munitions. This may mean that Mosul has alreadyfallen. The Russians are now bringing ' fresh and powerful pressure to bear'.on 1 ' the rear of the Turkish armies. A seri- . 1 ; ous obstacle is believed to exist in the ancient fortiled City of Jezvieh-ib-Nomar, but it is not thought that t]ie fortifications will long delay the Tsar's troops, who have already broken the backbone of tho Turkish communications, between Diarbckr ajd Mosul. "TURKS APPEAL TO THE KAISER An Athens message states that Enrar ' Pasha has again appealed to the Kaiser' for more men and munitions to block the Russian advance on Bagdad. According to a Constantinople dispatch Enver Pasha is reported to jjaye sent a, warning that the Garaan hopes of a commercial conquest in Mesopotamia will ■be for .ever if the Allies take Bagdad. .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2775, 19 May 1916, Page 5
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178LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2775, 19 May 1916, Page 5
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