TURKISH ARMIES DESTROYED

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 173, 11 April 1918, Page 5

TURKISH ARMIES DESTROYED

IN PALESTINE AND MESOPOTAMIA STATEMENT BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE GREAT HAUL OF BOOTY London.. April 9. Mr. Lloyd George states that tho Turkish armies in Palestine and Mesopotamia have been destroyed.—Aus.N.Z. Gable Assn. the pdrsuit¥¥esopotamia WONDERFUL FEAT OF EXDUIIANOE. London, April 8. Renter's special correspondent in Mesopotamia telegraphs from Khaubagdadieh on March 30: "The pursuit by armoured cars was pushed yesterday seventy-threo miles up-stream from Ana, and more stragglers wcro brought in. Most important booty and ammunition dumps were found at Haditha and Ana, and our captures comprise twelve and three-quarter million rounds of small arm' ammunition and twenty thousand rounds of gun ammunition. The captures since March 25 include 5234 prisoners and much war material. Our total casualties wero only 157 killed, wounded, and missing." Tho correspondent pays a tribute to the extraordinary endurance and rapidity of movement of the troops. Armoured cars and aeroplanes contributed to the success of tho pursuit and the raid on Ana, by which we completed the demolition of the enemy's war material on the Euphrates front.—Renter. rOu March 26 a highly successful operation was carried out on the Euphrates, north-west of Mil, leading to the capture or destruction of virtually the entire Turkish force in that area. The British in the morning attacked Positions about Khali Ragdailieh, 22 miles north-west of Hit, the cavalry making a wido movement around the Turkish right, establishing itself astride the Aleppo Road in (he enemy's rear. By nightfall the main positions were carried by assault, and the enemy's main body, in attempting to break north-westward, was intercepted by our cavalry and repulsed with heavy losses. The prisoners captured in the region of tho Euphrates up to April 2. totalled 5214 Turks, including 208 officers and 18 Germans.] TURKS HARRifBY ARABS London, April 9. The Press Bureau reports: ' 7 Advices from Egypt state that the Arabs have had several successful engagements, defeating or capturing small bodies of Turks in Southern Heiaz. They are also destroying .portion of tho' railway near Bowvat, and derailed a. train near Sirjediz. Tho Arabs occupied Kcrak on Sunday."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter.