Against the Turks

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 188, 18 January 1915, Page 5

Against the Turks

THE ADVANCE ON EGYPT. MUST BE UNDERTAKEN SPEED!:.Y. CAMELS MASSED IN SYRIA. GERMAN OFFICER IN COMMAND. Received 17, 5.5 p.m. London, January It). The Daily News' Cairo correspondent fays the projected Turkish advance on Egypt cannot be deferred beyond the middle of February, because after that llie desert water supplies will be dried up. The Turks liav 0 collected 13,00!) camels in Syria, including many for the artillery. Three-fourths of the army consists of Turkish picked troops. There is discontent among the Arab contingent, and desertions are numerous. The real power' is vested in Colonel Von Kressenstein. A TURKISH DEFEAT. OVER FIVE THOUSAND CAPTURED. Received 17, 5.5 p.m. Petrograd, January llj. Ollieial: Referring to Marantuam, in addition to the destruction of the 52nd Regiment on the 13th, we pursued and defeated the foe. Upwards of 5000 were captured. Fourteen guns, enormous supplies, and 10,000 cattle were captured. '■DUTCH COURAGE" FOR TURKISH SOLDIERS. A FROST-BITTEN COUNTRY. ANOTHER TURKISH DEFEAT. T'nies and Sydney Sun Services. London, January 15. IA Tillis ollic'wl states that when the Russians captured Ardilhn a thousand Turks were found lying in the streets with frostbitten feet, praying for mercy. The Arab prisoners, being unaccustomed to cold, suffered terribly. Their sole food for two months was roasted corn. It is an established fact that German officers induced the temperate Osmanlis to drink cognac before the attack, many falling with dizziness before reaching the Russian bayonets. - Petrograd, January 15. A communique says:—"We captured many officers and men in the region of Karaurgan, and are, pursuing the Turks, who are fleeing to Olte." THE TRAIL OF THE TURK. Petrograd, January 15. Eight thousand destitute Armenians have entered the Caucasus.