Turkey

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 13, 16 January 1915, Page 5

Turkey

j TURKS SUFFER FROM COLD. GERMAN OFFICERS'FORCE COC- | NAC UPON THE TROOPS. Times and Sydney Sun Hebviom. ' (Received 8.0 a.m.) ! London, January 15. An official message from Tiflis states that when the Russians captured Ardahan one thousand Turks were found lying in the streets with frostbitten feet, and praying for mercy. The Arab prisoners, *no were not accustomed to cold, suffered 'terribly. Their sole food for two I months was roasted corn. I It is an established fact that the German officers induced the temperate Osmanlis to drink cognac before the attack, many falling with dizziness before reaching the Russian bayonets.

RUSSIANS REINFORCED BY ARMENIANS AND COSSACKS. i TURKISH REARGUARDS REPULSED. United Press Association. Petrograd, January 15. Russians in the Caucasus have been reinforced by Armenian volunteers and Siberian Cossacks. The Turkish rearguards have been driven beyond Oltynov, and are cut off from the nearest road back to Erzeroum. IN THE REGION OF KARANCAN. CAPTURE OF TURKISH OFFICERS AND MEN. i Petrograd, January 15. A communique says: We captured many officers and men in the region of Karaugan, and pursuing the Turks fleeing to Olte.