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« THE FALL OF KUT-EL-AMARA. London, May 9. Mr Chandler, war correspondent in Mesopotamia, states that before ■ htrendering General Townshend destroyed his wireless outfit. Khalil Pasha, in receiving the Barlementaires, 'ntiimatedi that he was anxious that Uie •garrison should be well rationed and General Townshend especially, for whom* he expressed the profoundest admiration, wouW receive every possible comfort. He (Mr Chandiler) understood that General Towrislfend was proceeding to Constantinople with his aide-de-camp. The Kut garrison from 16th April was subsiding on a four ounce ration of flour daily, with a. .ation of horse flesih. General Tornchend: was nearing the end of his resources in January when considerable i store <rf grain were found in the ho'isea, mostly underground. These werc commandeered and paid for andi fur- | nisbed the garrison with three mou;liß 5 food on a gradually reduced; scale
while the 6000 Arab inhabitants, prev- j iously self-supportdnig, received tsame rations as t&e soldiers. j
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 May 1916, Page 3
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