THE TRIPOLITAN WAR
THE AEGEAN ISLES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 9, 5.5 p.m. London, June 8. The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent reports that a well-defined rumor is in circulation to the effect that Italy will shortly cede one of the Aegean Islands to Germany.
The Novoe Vremya foresees a tardy awakening in Turkey to the real character of her alleged friends, and intimates that Russia is playing a dangerous game in espousing the cause of the Triple Alliance. Constantinople, June 8. Turkey is concentrating forty thousand troops in Smyrna in the expectation of a joint military and naval action on a large scale on the Asiatic coast of the Aegean Sea. DESPERATE FIGHTING. Received 10, 12.30 a.m. Rome, June 9. Fourteen battalions, with artillery and cavalry, quitted Tangier and seized the Zanzur oasis after driving the Turks to the outhills southward at the bayonet point. A sharp fight occurred on the •western edge of the oasis. The Turks were expelled and pursued. A five hours' engagement is reported from Horns, where 500 Turks attacked the Mergheb redouts, but were subjected to a heavy rifle and artillery fire and were routed, sustaining considerable losses.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 295, 10 June 1912, Page 5
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193THE TRIPOLITAN WAR Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 295, 10 June 1912, Page 5
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