THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 45, 16 November 1917, Page 5

THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA

TURKS RETIRE MANY MILES TO TH NORTH

FALKENHAYN'S PLANS (Rec.. November 15, 9.50 p.m.) London, November 14. An official report from Mesopotamia Btates;—"After our successful actions at Tekrit on November 5 and G wo remained thero until November 8. Tho wliolo of the Turkish forces having withdrawn from thirty to fifty miles to the northward, when tho battlefield had been cleaTed wo returned to our original positions, according to plan."—Aus.-N.Z. Cftblo Assn.-Router. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION (Rec. Novomber 15, 10.25 p.m.) I London, November 14. A high military authority, referring to the situation in Mesopotamia, says:-'As it is known thnt von Falltenliayn has established his headquarters at Aleppo, and is advertising his great preparations for the recapture of Bagdad, the keynote of our operations is the defeat of this enterprise. Sir Stanley Maudo occupies a position that enables him to hit all round. Ho advanced up the Tigris and destroyed all the' enemy's stores. Tho Turks had two divisions there, but.have now fallen back fifty miles, and General Maudo is coming back to his original positions, there being no advantage In keeping his advanced positions."—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reutor.