Mesopotamia
BATTLE ON THE TIGRIS, THE TURKISH REPORT. [Unitip Prum Amooution.l Amsterdam, January 25. A Turkish communique savs • I be British attacked us thirty-five miles east of Kut-el-Amara, on both sides of the Tigris. The battle lasted six hours, and in counter-attacks we drove back the enemy for some kilometres. We counted three thousand English dead on the battlefield, while our losses were comparatively small. We granted General Alymer’s re " quest for an armistice for a day. Prisoners state that in the previous battles at Shiekshad the British lost 3000 dead and wounded. We attacked another British column at Korn a. compelling them to retreat, leaving one hundred dead.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 44, 27 January 1916, Page 5
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109Mesopotamia Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 44, 27 January 1916, Page 5
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