MESOPOTAMIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1916, Page 5

MESOPOTAMIA.

SITUATION UNCHANGED. A BKiTISH success.

Received March 20, 5.5 p.m. London, March 25. Official: General Townshend •.•cports that enemy aircraft and guns bombarded the camp from the 21st to the 23rd Inst. The casualties were slight. Tile General situation is unchanged. The British on the right bank of the Tigris surprised and captured the Turkish post at Falahujeh, A PERTINENT QUESTION. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, Marcli 24. Colonel Yate criticised the Mesopotamia campaign on the ground of its insufficient force and the shortage of ammunition, and asked why the recent reinforcements had not been sent before. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, replying, paid a tribute to the bravery and endurance of the Anglo-Indian troops. The campaign commenced with comparatively small operations by the Indian Army and grew until it exceeded these resources The Imperial General Staff here now controlled it, instead of the Secretary of State for India. The, transfer had already proved advantageous. It was inadvisable to discuss the questions raised, but ho would say the advance to Bagdad was not ordered in tiefianee of military opinion. RUSSIA'S POLICY 1 Rome, Marcli 24. A Russian diplomatist states that if the Russians occupy Bagdad before the British the fact will not lead to any modification of the policy of Russia and England.