ATTEMPT TO RETAKE BAGDAD
PLANS FOR ORGANISED ATTACK
REPORTED
FALKENHAYN TO LEAD THE , TURKISH OFFENSIVE
Rome, .August 3. According to the Athens correspondent of the newspaper "II Seeoio," a Greek Consul from Constantinople states that two '.Turkish divisions from the Dobruja and Galicia have been sont to Mesopotamia, well equipped with heavy artillery. Austrian and other troops will follow them. General von Falkenhayn. intends to make a great effort to recapture Bagdad in September. Another report states that huge Turkish forces are being concentrated at Halop, for use either in Mesopotamia or at Gaza as the circumstances warrant.--Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
TURKISH DESERTERS IN THE CAUCASUS.
London, August 3. A well-informed source announces that there have been numerous desertions among the Turkish troops in tho Caucasus (Asia Minor). The- deserters have organised themselves into bands working , against the Turkish Army.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ROYALIST AGITATION IN GREECE Athens, August. 3. In view of Royalist agitations a state of siege has been proclaimed in Attica and Boeotia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . SERBIAN PRINC¥S~NARROW ESCAPE HORSE SHOT UNDER JIIM.' Rome, August 2. While Prince George of Serbia was inspecting tho troops his horse was shot under him, and he was badly injured. He has gono to Switzerland for treat-ment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.,
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3155, 6 August 1917, Page 5
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205ATTEMPT TO RETAKE BAGDAD Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3155, 6 August 1917, Page 5
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