MESOPOTAMIA.
ANXIETY AS TO CAPTURED BRITISH. JHEIR WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. Reeeived August 8, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil said that notwithstanding repeated inquiries through the American ambassador they were unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the British prisoners in connection with the Kut-el-Amara failure The Porte's reply has inspired misgivings, as the prisoners were.compelled to cross the desert at tiiis season of the year. RUSSIANS FORCED BACK. Received July 8, 8.35 p.m. Fctrograd, August 8. A communique states: We withdrew /) a region eastward of Kermashan, ■wder Turkish pressure. ■—.——■ ifc
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1916, Page 5
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96MESOPOTAMIA. Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1916, Page 5
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