Turkey
I IMPORTANT TOWN CAPTURED. | United Press Association. ! London, November 24.; ! Official: The British occupied Basra, a town of -10,000 inhabitants, on the west bank of the Euphrates, 56 miles from its mouth, in the Persian Goifj on the 21st. The Turks fled to the Tigris valley. BRITISH FLAG MISUSED. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Cairo, November 24. Captain Chopo's Bikanir camel force was deceived by the enemy's oamel .force using a British flag. Caption Chope was suddenly attacked by three 'hundred infantry on both flanks.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 281, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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84Turkey Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 281, 25 November 1914, Page 5
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