IN MESOPOTAMIA
SITUATION UNCHANGED By Tclpgra,i>h--Pross Assomtion-Odj)yriglit London, June 16. Official.—The (situation in Mesopotamia is unchanged. Our trenches hava. been udvanced within two hundred yards of iSannuiyut. Wo lwvo occupied an advanced position on tho south bank. Tho Turkish artillery sank three barges. The . latter incident apparently is the Itasis for tho imaginative Turkish communique of tho 15th. TURKISH COMMUNIQUE. Amsterdam, Juno 16. A Turkish communique states: Tli# enemy at I'ellahie removed their camp ' beyond tho range of our guns. A TURKISH ATTACK. BEATEN BACK BY RUSSIANS. (Roc. June* 17, 5.5 p.m.) " Petroyad, June 16. A Russian comnmniquosays: A. Turkish offensive from the direction of Bagdad ocoupied tho tomm of Serptil. We dislodged the attackers, and drove them back to their original positions. ' TURKS COMPELLED TO FLEE. (Rec. June 18, 11 p.m.) . Petrograd, June 18. A Russian communique states: "We repulsed a Turkish attempt at an,offensive in. the I'rebizond sector. "Twenty-seven of our scouts, in a two hours' fight, dislodged - three ■ hucdred Turks in the direction of Mosul, compelling them to f1ee.".....
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2800, 19 June 1916, Page 5
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172IN MESOPOTAMIA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2800, 19 June 1916, Page 5
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