SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS.
The March on Bagdad. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter.) London, March 11 Mesopotamia official—We surprised and crossed the Diala by moonlight on Tburday and established a strong post on the right bank. We bridged the Tigris and a strong detachment marched up the right bank and found the 6nemy six miles south-west. We forced a passage at Dial* on Friday and advanced four miles towards Bagdad. Oar right bank forces dislodged the enemy from their second position and bivouacked pn the captured ground. Dust storms and a violent gala forced back the Turks three miles west south-west of Bagdad oa Satuiday.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1917, Page 2
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