Turkish Campaign
ATTACK ON CONSTANTINOPLE. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS. Received 24, 12.55 a.m. Copenhagen, February 23. German advices from Sofia state that the Russians are concentrating large forces at Odessa, with the object of shipping them to Midia, and then to attack Constantinople.
TURKISH ATROCITIES. COLD-Iil.<)((DEI) MURDERS. WOMEN* CARRIED INTO CAPTIVITY Received 23. 10.35 p.m. IVtrograd. February 2.'! Duriim the occupation nf Aidannch the Turks dragged through the streets 150 Armenians anil cut, their throats. Old Turkish residents -were killed in col.l Mood. Fifty Armenians were stripped and compelled to leap into an abyss at Devils Gap. until one carried a Turk with him. Then the remainder were shot. Two hundred and fifty wore massacred at Tamvot, and women carried into captivity.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 220, 24 February 1915, Page 5
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120Turkish Campaign Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 220, 24 February 1915, Page 5
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