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A TURKISH COMMUNIQUE. [United Press Association.] , Amsterdam, December 9. A Turkish communique states: We continue to press the enemy defending Kut-el-Amara. Some enemy Columns, in attempting to escape, lost’ heavily, : \ (Received 9.55 a.m.) ' . Amsterdam, December 10. A Turkish communique states: The enemy’s resistance on the Tigris is decreasing. We sanguinarily repulsed the British sorties. ON THE ROAD TO HAMADAN. Petrograd, December 10. A communique states that the Russians occupied Sultanbutak pass, between Teheran and Hamadan, after routing a force of gendarmes. The Persian mercenaries are led by German and Turkish officers. Tire road to Hamadan is now open. (Hamadan, with a population of 40,000, is a large manufacturing and distributing centre, 1.85 miles southwest of Teheran.)
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 7, 11 December 1915, Page 5
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117Persia Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 7, 11 December 1915, Page 5
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