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j (lleceivcd This Day, U. 20 a.m.) I TURKS IN THE SUEZ REGION I BOMBARDED. I London, May ll). ! Official.—Warships, aeroplanes and *ca.p femes bombarded an important post an the enemy's Syrian communication on the morning ol the 18th. Tho shelled the fort which is believed to have been reduced to ruins. The teapltnes opened the aerial bomoaidmnt, and the aroplanee following ingaged the hostile airemit. Special attention was paid to the enemy's camps and three bombs explod >d; among a column of troops a thousand strong. All the camps were effectively bombarded and all the ships and machines returned safely. Tlie weather for tho past week has been abnormally hot, but the troops' health is good. j General Bryan Mahon commands on the western frontier of Egypt and Gonoral Francis Milne commands at Salonika.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 May 1916, Page 3
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