Egypt.
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TURKS. BRITISH-INDIAN MORCE PACES* MURDEROUS FIRE. TURKS VIGOROUSLY RETIRING. Received April 18, 3.30 p.m. ) ' London, April 17. The Press Bureau reports that the British and Indian forces drove the Turks from an advanced post four miles south of S'haiba. Tlicyi attacked the main line near a wood where the trenches *vcre well concealed. Strengthened by six guns and many machine-guns, the enemy resisted with the utmost determination. The attack was driyen home pluckily, the whole line charging in the .face of heavy rifle and machine-gun fire. The Turks retired nineteen miles to Niakahalah,
FIGHTING ON THE SINAI PENINSULA. EL ARISH BOMBARDED. Paris, April 17. Official: A battleship, supported bv aeroplanes, 'effectively bombarded K\ Arish and ended the concentration of Turkish troops. v > (El Arish is a fortified city of Egypt on the Sinai Peninsula, in the Mediterranean, 95 miles east of Port Said.)
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 265, 19 April 1915, Page 5
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147Egypt. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 265, 19 April 1915, Page 5
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