MESOPOTAMIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1917, Page 5

MESOPOTAMIA.

TURKS TIRED OF WAR , • SURRENDER IN BATCHES., London, February W. ~ ( Mr Candler, telegraphing from Mesopo* - ' r.mia, says that our attack on DkUr# loop, west of Kut, followed the big northward drive which pushed back th# i. Turks to their last Tigris stronghold. . i The resistance was of the slightest, 1 - the Turks surrending to the advancing infantry .waves en masse. The whoJ® line waved white rags. The gunners attempted to prevent the surrender by >< shooting down these surrendering, but prisoner.! informed the British. "Yon. -,*• have too many guns. We do not wish to counter-attack." " There were s'miliar scenes during thf second attack on the right flank in the ■ afternoon, the Turks "throwing aw*J their rifles and leaving ?.ie trench as fha \ infantry advanced. , i"f The prisoners almost outnumbering 1 ' our men, doubled past the attacKbri, running the gauntlet of their own gUM and Happing white flags till they l'caehed the lirit isii trenches, "surrendering i •i with laughter and cheerful gestures, and ' " seme of them dancing. , Received Feb. 22, 8.15 p.HK , '•* London, Feb. ?!'. /' Mr Candler, telegraphing from Meeo- 1 . potamia, says t'liat the losses of the- ■ l urks on February 13 included two bri-sadier-jrenerals. The enemy's ponioon boats were insufficient to get the trtibjm across the river before we closed in, and. I'-i Inter a storm flooded the country, fill* mg the trendies with water. • , a, ' 'W