Egypt

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 245, 25 March 1915, Page 5

Egypt

ATTACK ON SUEZ. TURKS REPULSED AND RETREATING. London, March 23. A thousand Turks attacked the Suez Canal on Monday. They were routed and are in full retreat. The Press Bureau at Cairo reports: At dawn on the 22nd aeroplanes discovered a thousand Turks, under General von Troumer, near El Kubri, opposite Suez. The guns at El Kuuri compelled them to retire. A force under General Younghusband routed the Turks next day, and they are now in full retreat. FOOD FOR VULTURES. TRAIL OF THE TURKISH RETREAT. ARMY LEFT IN THE LURCH. Received March 24, 7.20 p.m. London, March 24. Mr. Donohue reports from Comitanza that tile Turkish army ia retreating from Egvpt as rapidly as its enfeebkd condition will permit. Thousands 'ire perishing of hunger and thirst in the desert, and are falling a prey to vultures, droves of which are following tin; retreat. Tile commissariat was an utt;r failure. Djemal Pasha bolted, leaving the command to struggle back as it might. Other officers are struggling hack to Constantinople. A BOASTFUL TURK. MAKES RASH PROMISES. Received March 24, 7.30 p.m. Amsterdam, March 24. Djemal Pasha's proclamation, published in Syrian papers, announces that lie is preparing further operations rn the. Suez. Canal, and hopes shortly to enter Cairo,