IN MESOPOTAMIA
HIT OCCUPIED WITHOUT OPPOSITION TURKS RETIRE SEVEN MILES (Roc. March 11, 7.20 p.m.) London, March 10. A Mesopotamian official report states: "Wβ occupied Hit, on tho Euphrates, yesterday morning without opposition. The Turks have retired seven miles upstream.,, —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reu-ter. AN HISTORIC SPOT NATURAL OUTPOST OF BAGDAD. (Rec. March 11, 8.35 p.m.) London, March 10. Hit, which tho British have occupied, stands upon tho last eminence of stone before the Euphrates enters the alluvial plain. Nebuchadnezzar secured "tho stone for his palaces hero. There are inexhaustible beds <f bitumen, filling the air with the smell of rotten eggs. It is a tradition that pitch from Hit was used in building Noak's Ark and the Tower of Babel. Strategically, Hit is the natural outpost of Bagdad on the Euphrates road.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 148, 12 March 1918, Page 5
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134IN MESOPOTAMIA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 148, 12 March 1918, Page 5
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