Turkey.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1915, Page 5

Turkey.

• ' ' j 4 lOXi'ji.il, I M'.AiSI'XE.MS. MV'Sltli'.Xs lil'XXIXi; 'SHORT. l;."'Ue.l ,ll||y 11. ll.'iO p.m. Athens. .Inly 10. I linioiaaia* -u'lne- report ;hut Turkey is ruiiniitf -ii'Tl of ai.innin.uon. anil tile '"•lief (:•:»> fall „f ('mi•tantinople i» ininiiin ut is ( .M inii:c uroiind daily in all circles. tuXTK.viiAxr Timrrdn Hui'W.tVLA. Athens, .laly H). 'lu'Viuany is prc-suiv to I ear upl a Koumania, with a view t" ■eeur:n</ a pa-race I'm- war ma'.'"ri'.rl. dm: hundred and I.fty mid -toraye van.- passing thv:i.Ki.riiiaui.l v.. re fo.ii.d to contain coll raliand w.ucc.iKml in m'i I'd i-oiiipiirt-llll'llts. ■IVliKs XKAi; ADi-'X. .SMAU. niMTISH I'l>Kt'/•: KUITIiKS. lleceived .Inly 11, 11 p.m, » London. .Inly 10. Tile I'ress liureau reports time several thousand 'lurks crossed the Aden frontier and encountered a small force of I'»ri11-!i iii. I.i'liej. (hey tlii'ealeneil to ouHlank the Hriti-Oi, who retired to Aden. INVASIuX OK ADKX'S HIXTKK--I.AXI). i: ouwix's mm: cit-iks. lleceived July 11. 3.30 ]i.ni. London. .Inly 10. In con-eiinence of ri'moiv; that, a riirk-i-ii for... a* Yemen had C O—-I'd the frontier of the Aden hinterland, ami "'an towards l.ahej. a anicl troop re;-oniic'tred. and rerorte 1 that a TI irk - i-h force, with am! a lar«e nuinher of Arabs, was advanciui; toward* Aden. A movable colunin, of '2"(> ri'flep, with two ten-pounders. reinforced tin" en m i'l tron.p. The enemy, oil .lulv ■(, several thousand sfroiiL'. with twenty jrnns and a hiru'e Araf) contingent, attacked us, AYe held the position at l.flhoj in the face of the enemy's artillery until night, when j-irt i f I :iliej was in (lames. Ttm remainder of (he Alien column was"enable (o reack l.ahej. owins.' to WTiter dilliciiltie ;. anil the small force at l-alicj returned nnil siiccessfullv ioinetl tlie rest of the column at liirnasr. Ultima telv. owinsr to the "rent lieat and of file Arab transport followers, the whole column retired to Aden. The enemy did not attempt to'follow. Our 11c-.se . were three Firitish ollicers wounded. We captured one TurlcisTi oflicer and thirtiH'ii men.