ITALY AND TURKEY
CABLE NEWS
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
TURKS SURPRISED
AN ISLAND CAPTURED.
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
ROME, May 18
Prior to the surrender of Rhodes Island, a garrison numbering 1800 Italians was landed in two columns in the •night time, 'a,nd co-operated with the third, surprising and driving the Turks, after a sharp fight, into* ravines, the only retreat from which was commanded by guns from a warship. Eighty-three Turks were billed and twenty-six wounded. Four Italians were killed, and 20 wounded.
Admiral Amaglio telegraphs that all the Turkish troops on- the island are prisoners.. Ho adds that the officers were allowed to retain their swords in recognition of their gallant conduct. The despatches evoked unbounded enthusiasm in both Chambers.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10640, 20 May 1912, Page 5
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