General News
United Press Association. Petrograd, November 21. Official: Russian ships bombarding Chopa, to the south-west of Batoura (on the eastern shore of the Black Sea), destroyed the harbor, barracks, and Customs House, and blew up the ammunition depot. Amsterdam, November 22. The Frankfurt Zeitnng says 4000 Indian troops were landed at Koweit, 6000 at Bahrein, and 5000 at Bushire. (Bushire is a Persian port of 20, 000 people, on the Persian Gulf. Bahrein Islands, also in the Persian Gulf, are under British protection, while Koweit is in Turkish territory.) (Shat-el-Arab —River at the head of the Persian Gulf, formed by the union of the Tigris and Euphrates.) The Turks sank theHamburg-Amer-ika steamer Ekbatama in the Shat-el-Arab to prevent British naval operations. Paris, November 21. It is reported that the Goeben and Breslau were on their way to bombard Yalta when the Russian fleet attacked them. It is believed that the Russian shells crippled the Goeben’ s 11-inch guns. Petrograd, November 21. A Russian column defeated the Turks in the direction of Erzerum. Paris, November 21. Cabinet has decided to lend Greece 20,000,000 'francs. Cairo, November 22. Turkish Bedouins crossed the eastern frontier of Sinai Peninsula. Constantinople, November 22.
The Turkish Government confiscated the British Sm. rna-Aidin railway.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 279, 23 November 1914, Page 5
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208General News Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 279, 23 November 1914, Page 5
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