THE WARFARE ON THE TURK

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2850, 15 August 1916, Page 5

THE WARFARE ON THE TURK

. PURSUIT BY THE BRITISH ENEMY'S REARGUARD DRIVEN EAST The High Commissioner reports' London , August 13 , 3 .15 p.m. " Tho Commander-in-Chief in Egypt, General Sir Archibald Murray, re. ports:—"Our cavalry is still pursuing the Turkish rearguard, which was driven back last evening, to a position east ofßir Salamana (Pinr JM Maza)." _____ ANZACS IN FULL CRY ("Tho Times.") - (Rec. 'August 14, 7.10 p.m.) _ . Cairo, 'August 14. The "Times' " Cairo correspondent states that the Turks were pursued for a distance of fifty miles east of tho Canal. Tho Anzacs continue tho pursuit with the greatest energy,, but the' Turks have shown great skill in rearguard actions, < The enemy's looses aie between six and seven thousand, and the prisoners taken number 3034, with four guns and much equipment and stores. • nv ("The Tjmes. ) (Rec; August 14, 10.45 p.m.) ' London, August 14. Air W. T. Masscy, the British Press correspondent, telegraphs:—''On Saturdav, when the-infantry broke off action owing; to their distance from the railway upon which their supplies depended, the Anzacs division continued to press the enemy. It is mainly owing to the Anzacs extraordinarily well-sustained efforts that the Turks abandoned their entrenched advanced base at Bir el Abd and turned anxious oyes towards El Arish, ninety miles east of the Canal. They destroyed a large quantity of material, and were about' to bury more when our aeroplane reconnaissance reported tliat men were digging beside tho camels, apparently intending to dump their loads into the holes. Our artillery played havoc with that scheme. The Turks fouclit a three-days' desperate rearguard action, several fresh battalions arriving in order to extricate the beaten division and its guns. ■ TURKISH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. Australian-New Zealand Cabla Association." (Rec. 'August 14, 7.10 p.m.) Amsterdam, August 14. A Turkish official communique states:—"A British cavalry.and infantry attack near Katia on August 9 retired after our violent counter-attacks on both wings. The enemy sustained immense losses." THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA TURKISH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. 'August 14, 7.10 p.m.) j v Amsterdam, August 14. A Turkish official communique states:—"A British attack on Massirach, on the Euphrates, failed. The enemy retired." WHY THE GRAND SHEREEF REBELLED ("Tile Times.") London, August 18. The "Times" Cairo correspondent Teports that tho Grand Shereef states . that the reason for the revolt was the wholesale hangings and prosecutions of Arabs,'tho atrocities in Syria and Armenia, Turkey's departure from the traditions of the old Sultass, and the Porte's treatment of tho Shereef's family. . RUSSIAN OPERATIONS AT LAKE VAN London, 'August 13. A Russian official communique states:—'"Our countcr-attack on the west bank of Lake Van drove the Turks southward." TURKISH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. 'August 14, 7.10 p.m.) Amsterdam, August 14; "The Russians'in Persia, are retiring towards Essadodabad. We drove them into tho Esmis defile, 23 kilometres (about 14 miles) east of Kankaver, and occupied the defile. We also drove them from the western bank of Lako Van northwards. "Eighteen warships bombarded some places on the southern Asiatic coast. A few buildings were damaged."