Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-04-17 | Page 12 | Turks Driven out of Mesopotamia Position

TURKS DRIVER DRIVEN OUT Or MESOPOTAMIA POSITION Their Trenches Captured by British India lodia Troops at att t Point of Bayonet London April Apr 1 16 The Tho Tho British India troops troop have liase Inflicted another defeat leret on the tho Turks In tho the vicinity of at a considerable Mesopotamia mla although ble ide loss to themselves their casualties being about OO This announcement was made b by the India office In an of official of- of Iclal report Issued tonight Tho The report says aya that after clearing clearing- tho the Turks Turl s out of their positions north I and west of I last t Tuesday the British on onYe Ye Wednesday nesda continued their offensive in the direction o of four miles south of or the time fort Tho The Turks were driven out of ot tho advanced ad ad- position and tho British attack their main mainline mainline was ns then directed against wood line near Here Here says sas the report tho the enemy whoso whose th Is estimated 11 at at leASt least m men n Including reSul regular r battalIons battalions battalions battal battal- ions with six guns ns had hall occupied a a. se se- se I ries of oC well concealed con trenches trenches' from I which h the they were able to direct a heavy 11 rIo and machine gun on our advanced troops Nevertheless our attack drove the en enemy mY out of hl hi his trenches at tho the point point- cf of the bayonet find and tho the whole line of hll hib position was finally captured though not without heavy loss to our side Tho The casualties are arc believed to toI amount to about OO men of or all ranka ranks On tho tim other h hand the tho Turks wore no so I severely handled that thc they retired to nineteen miles northwest Ve t of at I S U i I I I