MESOPOTAMIA
EXTERMINATING ARMENIANS. Paris, July 2fl. M. Rnlof, Rod Cross commissioner in Armenia, reports that lie visited 45 villages around Trebizond. Out of 8343 inhabitants before the ivnr the Russians found 3(17; the rest had been massacred. Out of 10,000 at Trebiwind itself the Russians found 02. M. lialoi' reports that (lernian officers and agents directed the systematic extermination of Armenians. * London, July 20. The War Office says there is nothing to report from Mesopotamia. The heat is excessive, neing over 120 degrees in I he shade. TURKS ADVANCE IN* FORCE. Petrograd, July 20. A communique states: The Turks in great force commenced to advance on the 17th in the direction of Mosul. Our detachment retreated to a new position, j We dispersed considerable bodies of PerMan nomads near Ispahan. Constantinople, July 20. A communique says: The Russians were repulsed east of Sincli, leaving a !.:reat number of dead. Wo carried out a successful attack in the Caucasus.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1916, Page 5
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