MESOPOTAMIA.
FURTHER ADVANCE, QUE CAVALIIY OVERTAKE TURKISH COLUMN. CONSIDERABLE CAPTURES 01>' MEM' AND MATERIALS. Received May 1, 8.55 p.m. London, April 80. Mesopotamia official: Our forces advanced north of Bagdad, along the road leading to Mosul via Ivifri and Klrkuk. AVe captured Ivifri on the 27th, taking forty prisoners. The Turks retreated rapidly towards Klrkuk, but the cavalry overtook them and charged one column, killing over 100 and capturing 538, with much war material. Our cavalry forced the passage of the Asqu at a point of Tuzkhurluatli, on the 28th, and simultaneously our main forces reached, that river.. The cavalry at early morn got astride of the enemy's communications towards Tauq, whereupon our infantry advanced and captured Tu?.khurmfltli, taking 300 prisoners and six guns. We continue the pursuit northwards.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1918, Page 5
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129MESOPOTAMIA. Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1918, Page 5
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