IN MESOPOTAMIA.
CHRISTMAS EXCHANGES. 60MK HARD FIGHTING. ■-"' ." -'. ?j» < —-* '. Received Dec. 28, 7.15 p.m. , London, December 27. . General Townshend reports that the enemy heavily shelled a fort on the north side of Kut Peninsula on the pursing of Friday, and entered the fort, •but tiiey were driven but, leaving two hundred dead. Fierce fighting for the possession of the fort commenced at midnight. The enemy occupied the baation but retired to their trenches on Christmas morning. The garrison were in excellent spirits, and re-occupied tfte: trenches. The whole division attqeked, and the Turks lost seven hundred. Our losses were 190.
The British troops in Egypt on Christmas Day attacked and dispersed an Arab force near Mersamat, suffering trifling losses.
■'.;. TURKISH ATTACK REPULSED. v Received Dec. 27, 5.5 p.m. London, December 27. General Townshend reports as follows , Regarding the campaign in Mesopotamia: —"We repulsed a determined attack on i ,- ; » portion of our position on Saturday, inflicting losses of from six hundred to eight hundred. Our casualties were un- ,: . der two hundred."
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1915, Page 5
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169IN MESOPOTAMIA. Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1915, Page 5
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