PERSIA.
ON THE WAY TO BAGDAD. The scramble ok the tig-bis. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, Nov. 2S. Accounts are to hand of the lighting on tlie Tigris-. The Turks were heavily entrenched behind barbed-wire entanglements. There were thirty thousand, including lots of Arabs. The Turks mined the river, out we bridged it in the evening and crossed next day. The battle was lively, but lasted only a. few hours. Gunboats erept up and made it too warm for the Turks, and they retreated, leaving their guns. AVe captured sixteen hundred men and twenty guns. Reaching Kut-el-Amara, we found the cavalry had taken the first place, as the army had arrived before the navy. The Turks fought amazingly well up to a certain point, and (hen suddenly crumbled and wore in full flight towards Bagdad, our cavalry and armored motors in pursuit.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1915, Page 5
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143PERSIA. Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1915, Page 5
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