Mesopotamia
THE BOMBING OF SMYRNA. [REPRISALS ON BRITISH RESJi , DENTS.
Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association., - Salonika,. July 8. Travellers state that, in retaliation for, the 'bombardment of Smyrna,; leading British residents have been interned at Urfa; in Mesopotamia. Two urban districts in- the Turkish quarter of Smyrna were burned, and 2500 persons were killed. • (Urfa.. (or Orfa.') is the- .north of Mesopotamia, and is mentioned in the Bible os Ur. It has a population of 55,000.)
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 82, 10 July 1916, Page 3
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78Mesopotamia Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 82, 10 July 1916, Page 3
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