MESOPOTAMIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1917, Page 5

MESOPOTAMIA.

CLEARING OUT THE TURKS* 1 , A GOOD DAY'S WORK. A. & X.Z. Cable Association and Reuterj, llcceived Feb. 7, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 8. Mesopotamia, Official: As the resulfi i of Saturday's successful attack, th# enemy evacuated the whole of the south bunk of the Tigris eastward of the Hai and Tigris junction, which we now oc* enpv. The enemy westward has evacm ati'd trenches as far as the line westward irom tiie liquorice factory, north-west of the Tigris to the Hai junction. Wa have already counted COO dead a» tho suit of Saturday's fighting. GREECE. GERMAN' AGENTS NOT TOLERATED, Received Feb. 7, 8.60 p.nfj Athens, Feb. ft ' Tlie Government has formally, denied the report that Gorman agents are rm turning, and gavo a now assurance thAt it would not tolerate their presence^ RUSSIA. MINISTERIAL COMPROMISE,, Paris, Feb. 8. Lc Petit Pftrisicn's Petrograd corw spoiident says that an agreement has been reached betwoen the parties for thq formation of a non-political Ministry. di:termined~to punish germane Petrograd, Feb. 6. The press hopes that the possibly American intervention will not be pew mitted in the least to interfere with ths Allies, who are determined to pusiebf» Germany to the utmost. ENEMY ATTACKS REPOTS]^ Received Feb. 7, 8.50 p.m. London, Feb. 8. A Russian communique states: W<| . repulsed an attack near o»id« way between Vladimir Volynsk and: Lutsk. We. also repulsed enemy at> tempts to the south-west of Brody.