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Show BRITISH AGAIN I HIT TURKS HARD I Moslems Who Attempted to Come I Out of MeooiKtamtn Hills I Driven to Cover. fk ' London. April 16. Tho British V B' forces In Mesopotamia havo driven I back to their position on tho Jobol- I hamrln hills tho Turkish force3 which made an advanco from tho hills bo-I bo-I ginning April 9, tho war offlco an- nounces. I A continuation of tho offfclal com- I munlcatlon of last Saturday, dealing with Oenoral Maudo'a operations I against tho Turks In Mesopotamia I was received hero this ovoning. Tho I Saturday communication told of tho fighting from April 10 to 13 and ro-I ro-I ported progress for tho British along tho left bank of tho' Tigris toward tho Dlala and a withdrawal of tho Turks from various points. Tho delayed de-layed portion of the communication received today says: "General Maudo's forces continued to drive back the Turkish troops during dur-ing tho 13th, taking eighty prisoners. prison-ers. Tho great heat rendered tho task of keeping In touch with tho ro-trcating ro-trcating enemy difficult. No respite was allowed tho Turks, however, and on tho 15th General Maude reported that they wero back In their positions in the Jebelhatmrln hills, whero they started on the 0 th. "The Thirteenth Turkish army corps, which was tho forco engaged In these operations, has suffered very severo losses. Threo 'hundred and five dead, and not 200 as was previously pre-viously stated, wero found on tho battlefield bat-tlefield April 11 alone." |