MESOPOTAMIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1917, Page 5

MESOPOTAMIA.

THE PURSUIT CONTINUES. TOWNS OCCUPIED. BOOTY TAKEN. WELCOMED AT BAGDAD. A. & N.Z. Cable Association £ Router. Received, March 14. 5.3 p.m. ' London, March 1.1. Mesopotamia official.—Wo maintained close touch with the enemy southward of Bagdad. On the even in;* of the 10th the enemy on the right evacuated Ms entire trenches and line. We are advancing in close contact, and a general advance on both bank's In# followed. We occupied the railway station at Bawn, then the city. Our cavalry advanced their pursuit, and after slight resistance - occupied Kahdimain, taking 100 prisoners. The gunboats took up the pursuit. Since February 23 the Turks have been destroying or removing everything of value in Bagdad, but our booty, nevertheless, is considerable. The enemy abandoned 500 wounded. We counted from 200 to 300 dead. We took 300 prisoners on the left bank of the Tigris on the tenth. Ihc inhabitants of Bagdad warmly welcomed its. ARABS JOIN THE VICTOR?. Received March 14, 5.5 p.m. Paris. March 13. Le Journal's correspondent in Egypt states that the Arab emirs entered Hagdad alongside the British. This is of great moral significance, as the Arabs previously served the Turks, but their entry into Bagdad proves that they are willing to revive their age-long struggle against the Turkish yoke. ATT STRO-GERM AN Y. ENEMY CHIEFS CONFER. ON IMPENDING OPERATIONS, Received March 14, 10 p.m. Amsterdam, March 14. Field-Marshal Hindenburg and General Ludendorif are conferring with the Austrian Generals Hoetzcndorff and Yomarz at the German headquarters, regarding the impending operations on the Italian and Western fronts. AUSTRIAN POLITICAL CRISIS. HUNGARIAN COALITION CABINET. Received March 14, 10 p.m. Berne. March 14. A Cabinet crisis in Vienna is impending. It is stated that M. Martinic will be succeeded by M. O.ernie, whom Count Tisza succeeds. Count Julius Andrassy succeeds Count Tisza, and will "form a Hungarian coalition Cabinet. GOEBEN TO BE SCHAPPJ® : Amsterdam, March 13. German naval engineers 1 ave decided to scrap the Goeben, which has become hopelessly unseaworthy. PROBABLY HOBSOX S CHOICE. Amsterdam, March 13. The Krupp 'firm has subscribed two million sterling to the sixth war loan. FOOD RIOTS IN BREMEN. Amsterdam, March 13. The Telegraaf reports that, during a hunger riot at Bremen, the crowd smashed hundreds of shop windows and destroyed the electrical installation. The superintendent of police was seriously injured. < GERMAN TROOPS FOR FRANCE. Amsterdam March 13. Frontier reports indicate a continued stream of Germans towards .France, The Belgian frontier continues closed. General Falkenhayn has reached Tillemont, near Louvain.