Mesopotamia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 14 April 1916, Page 5

Mesopotamia.

—. —«m»— * TURKISH REPORT OF BRITISH DEFEAT. (Dnitkp Prssb A«sooution.l ■ ' ;.: Constantinople, April 12. A communique says: The British suffered'a fresh.and bloody defeat at Falahie. Three thousand dead were counted in front of . a%- lines. The British,. ; after an hour and a half-of artillery preparation on Sunday morning, attacked with their entire forces from;ithe right "bank. ■'■'■ The ;. battle raged/,for six hours ,and the enemy suffered losses, The enemy penetrated o'f , our, trenches, but we, jbajlonetted the:. majority •' and drove; hack the survivors; to their own trendies. Prisoners state that the 13th. British Division, which was recently at the Dardanelles, suffered most,

*THE REPORT DENIED, j ■ g • - , i A ■... £ ■JSJ..KJ 1 The High Commissioner reports-: ; London April 13 (8.55 p.m.) Regarding the report of April 12 that 3000 British deadi^'ere?e&ltectaiLg in part of■'-the Turkish in-elmhes ; 'Sts«r v the attack of 18th, Sir Percy Lake reports that our total of killed and wounded was much below this figure and that the medical arrangements are generally satisfactory. "ALL'S WELL." London, April 12. A cablegram was received from General Townshend on Friday saying that all was as well as could be expected at Kut, and h e would be relieved in the near future. Other messages that have been received in London regarding Mesopotamia show that the river is above land, level. It is belived that .the enemy is purposely flooding some areas. . .