Against the Turks

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 149, 19 November 1914, Page 5

Against the Turks

TURKS LOSE HEAVILY. FIGHTING m THE PERSIAN • C • * " GULP. Petrograd, November 17. A communique states that the Russians defeated the Turks and Kurds at Klytchgaduk Pass and Khamur. The Turkish attacks on Bussian ports on the Black Sea failed, owing to flanking I fire from the Bussian warships. The . j Turks lost heavily. London, November 17. The -Press Bureau states that since the oucupation of Fao, in the Persian Gulf, trere have been two sharp actions in the vicinity. The enemy has been defeated with heavy* losses, and two machine-guns have been destroyed. The British casualties were eight killed and! 53 wounded, the latter including *w» officers.

Cairo, November 17. The Minerva bombarded Akatia after hearing that mines had been sent there for the Red Sea. Pourparlers failed owing to the opposition ok Gorman officers. Athens, Novomber 17. The Turkish losses during the bombardment of the Dardanelles were 260 men and two guns. The Goeben and Breslau have re-entered the Bosphoros. Petrograd, 'November 17. Several thousands of Arabs, at Dia- ■ bekir, have taken the field against Turkey. It i s reported that various fron- . tier tribes opposite Urmia have declared on the side of Russia. Berlin, November 18. The Berlin Tacreblatt points out the dif- .' flcultv of Turkish attackß upon the Sucr Canal. Tpe British Mediterranean fleet endangers Turkish communications between Syria, Synia, and Egypt. .