Egypt

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 10 February 1915, Page 5

Egypt

BATTLE OF THE CANAL. TURKS RETIRED 20 MILES FROM CANAL. [United Press Association.] London, February 9. The Press Bureau at Cairo reports that the enemy’s losses in the attack on the canal were heavier than at lir'st supposed. It is difficult to estimate the number owing to the wide area of lighting, but over 500 were killed, including six drowned and found buried. Of 652 prisoners a hundred were wounded. Deserters are constantly surrendering. Four Turks who crossed the Canal have given themselves up.

The Turkish army is in full retreat eastwards, and there are no enemy forces within twenty miles of the Canal Even at that distancee only small rearguards remain, and they are retiring steadily, the retreat being probably due to both discouragement over their defeat and to lack of water in the desert. Whether they will attempt another attack cannot yet be determined. IS IT A PRELUDE TO REAL ATTACK? United Press Association, London, February 9. The Times’ Cairo correspondent writes that the latest information suggests that the enemy has drawn iff, but it is probable that the recent encounters are only a prelude to the real attack, which is likely to be encrusted to the Turkish Fourth Army corps