MESOPOTAMIA.
TURKISH DETACHMENT DEFEATED. | PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT. Received April 23, 0,30 p.in, London, April 22. An official message from Mesopotamia states that the enemy force which " General Mpde defeated and practically wiped out on the 18tli was the Turkish detachment on the left bank of the Ti-I gris, not, as previously cabled, the right flank on the right bank of the Tigris. Opposite the northern flunk of the enemy's Istabulat position, wo advanced a mile on the night of the lflth-20th. We captured part of the front line or the Istabulat position, making prisonera of 230. An Egyptian oflicial message sayi: The consolidated ground gained is now in contact with the enemy main position covering. This extends to the sea coast near Sheikhalimed, through AUmunter to eastwards of the town, thence south-easterly to Abcnjega. We made pTisoEWt of 219,
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1917, Page 5
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139MESOPOTAMIA. Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1917, Page 5
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