OFFICIAL NEWS.
The High Commissioner reports: — Londou ) April 10 (3.30 p.m.) From Mesopotamia General Lake reports that General Gorringe’s preparations for an attack on the Sannaivat position are well advanced. Though Hoods have curtailed the frontage on which the attack can ho delivered, the weather has improved, and the river lias not risen since 17th inst. FAILURE TO BREAK ENEMY’S LINE. FLOODS HAMPER OPERATIONS. The High Commissioner reports:— London, April 10 (9.10 p.m.) General Lake reports that an attack on the Sannaivat position was made at dawn yesterday, but failed to get through the enemy’s lines. The operations wore much hampered by floods, which are extending.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 11 April 1916, Page 5
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106OFFICIAL NEWS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 11 April 1916, Page 5
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