Persia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 74, 26 November 1915, Page 5

Persia

APPROACHING BAGHDAD. i.'i I ' f'tf. I;. ! ~V< ' REVOLT IN THE NORTH. United Pbebs Associates. London, November 24. Official: General Townshend's Division, on November 22, captured Otesiphon, 18 miles from Baghdad. There were two thousand British casualties. The Foreign Office states that on November 10 Persian gendarmerie seized the Consul .and the superin-. tendent of Indo-European ~ telegraphs, and the European" staff; of the Imperial Bank at Shiraz. All were deported to Ahram, where they are apparently in> charge, of -Herr »Wassmuss; The bank building was seized and all private property jj confiscated, y ,'f The Government has been informed that the gendarmerie in northern Persia revolted, under Swedish officers, and are holding Kum in the, German interests. They have cut the telegraph lines and robbed Britishers and Russians. Gendarmerie, also under Swedish officers, attacked Hamadan.

SEVERE FIGHTING REPORTED. London, November 24. The C«lonial Office reports that after a night march from Zeur, General Townshend's division attacked the Turkish division at Otesiphon. After severe fighting throughout the day the position was captured, together with 800 prisoners and large quantities of arms and equipment. General Townshend's force and general headqiiarters bivouacked on the captured position, and the Turks' heavy counter-attacks on the night of the 23rd were successfully repulsed, but want of water on the 24th necessitated our retirement to the river three or four miles below Otesiphon.