TURKISH FICTION ABOUT MESOPOTAMIA
GENERAL MAUDE GIVES THE LIE DIRECT.. (Bee. September SO, 11.5 p.m.) London, September 30. General Maude (the British Commander in Mesopotamia);-replying to the General Stall's . inquiry -whether there was any foundation. for the various reports of British reverses which havo been appearing in tlio Turkish communiques, says: 'I do riot intend to contradict these Turkish communiques .regularly. They are consistently, fictitious.' He mentions, as an example, a Turkish claim on "Wednesday that they had completely annihilated, one of our cavalry detachments on the Euphrates, 'ihe aotual facts were that three of our horses were wounded in a patrol, brash.Aus.N.Z. Cable A69n.-Eeuter.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 5, 1 October 1917, Page 5
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105TURKISH FICTION ABOUT MESOPOTAMIA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 5, 1 October 1917, Page 5
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