THE ADVANCE IN MESOPOTAMIA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3134, 12 July 1917, Page 5

THE ADVANCE IN MESOPOTAMIA

GENERAL MAUDE'S DISPATCHES TROOPS SPLENDIDLY CARED FOR London, July 10. A dispatch issued by General Sir Stanley Maude (Commander-in-Chief in Mesopotamia), covering the operations for seven months until March 31.shows that the period was equally divided in the preparation for and in tlie subsequent operations culminating in tho fall of Bagdad. He describes how tho advance was successfully carried out in the face of most difficult conditions through tho tenacious spirit and gallantry of the British and Indian troops, brilliantly seconded by the Navy. The recent disclosures in the MesoCommission's report attract attention to, and create special interest in, General Maude's references to the present water transport and hospital m\ rangments. Ho states that the newlyformed Inland Water Transport Directorate was so well organised that night and day an endless chain of river craft passed up and down the river, thereby assuring the maintenance of the troops at,tho front. Our well-equipped hospitals were more than adequato to meet the calls made upon thorn, and throughout the operations the treatment of the wounded was carried out on model lines. The arrangements for the comfort and the rapid transfer of patients from field units to hospitals reflect much credit on those concerned.■

General Mamie thankfully acknowledges the prompt response to his demands from England, India, and Egypt. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Router.