THE NEW ADVANCE IN MESOPOTAMIA
BRITISH NEARING MOSUL ~„ London, Hay 1. Iho British iivo within 120 miles of Mosul, and Jiavo captured tivolvo hundred lurks and ninny guns—Aiiti.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A FURTHER ADVANCE. (Roc. Jlay 2, 7 p.ui.) London, May 1. •An official joiiovt from Alosopotamiu slates: "We rcutliccl the Tank Kivor ou Jnesday, and captured twolvo more raa-chiiio-guiis. The rumbc.v of prisoners now tota.6 IMX)."-Aus.-A*.2. Cable Assn.. Ken tor, PLOUGH FOLLOWS THE SWORD 300,000 ACRES BROUGHT UNDER CULTIVATION. (Roc. May 2, 7.20 p.m.) London, May 1. Mr. Edmund Candler, writing from Mesopotamia, slates: "Immediately after the rapture of Uagdad we began'to tap the resources of Iho Euphrates, and carried out an irrigation scheme during Iho summer. Fourteen thousand Arabs assisted in digging out nearly uie hundred canals which had fallen into disuse. By this means wo brought three hundred thousand acres into cultivation. There is promise of possibly tho greatest harvest since tho ..lays of Nebuchadnezzar. The Arab cultivators welcome tho now regime, which is making ,ho land rich and profitable."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 192, 3 May 1918, Page 5
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174THE NEW ADVANCE IN MESOPOTAMIA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 192, 3 May 1918, Page 5
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