TURKS AND EGYPT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 116, 18 January 1915, Page 5

TURKS AND EGYPT.

INVASION MUST BE SOON OR NOT AT ALL. LONDON, Jan. 16. The Daily News Cairo correspondent says the projected Turkish advance on Egypt cannot be deferred beyond the middle of February, as thereafter the desert water supplies will be dried up. The Turks have collected 13,000 camels, in Syria, many being for the artil»«n*y. Three-fourths of the army consists of Turkish picked troops. There is discontent among the Arat contingent, and desertions are numerous. The real power is vested in Colonel Von Kressenstein. . EIGHTY TURKISH TRANSPORTS SUNK. PETROGRAD, Jan. 1(5. >dt ices from Sebastopol state that the l -Russian fleet sank 80 sailing ships which were transporting Turkish troops to Anatolia (Asia Minor).