Show I TURKS DEFEATED IN MESOPOTAMIA i British Troops Victorious on Tigris Tigris Enemy Enemy in Full Flight Toward Bagdad S London Sept 29 The The British havo hayo lwon won an Rn Important success In tamia tamla The Turks aro are In full retreat toward Bagdad pursued by the British Announcement to this effect was made In the house houe of ot commons toda today by Austen Chamberlain secretary of oC state tate for tor India I Mr 11 Chamberlain read from General Nixon Ixon commanding the forces In Mesopotamia relating the theS S outcome of or the recent fighting Def Carried b hy by As Assault MI u It General Nixon r reported that one po position po- po carried b by the British long line Une ot of defenses astride the Tigris river At a point seven leven miles east of oC Kut ut two brigades crossed the river from the right bank and b by a forced march reached the left lert wing oCth of oC th the Turkish position carrying It by assault B By nightfall the whole position position post post- tion had been carried The Turkish losses In dead arc are described described described de de- de- de scribed as very er severe levere Th The Tho Turks clung to their trenches trench s with the greatest greatest great great- est st tenacity and th they thoy were filled tilled with when tho B British corpses finally carried carried car car- ried ned them A A. number of ot guns man many rifles several hundred prisoners and anda a R quantity of ot ammunition were cap cap- General Nixon Ixon gives tho BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish casualties as under A A. second dispatch from rom General Nixon says sas Turk Turku In Full Flight The enemy's position In advance of oC el Amara was captured with man many prisoners and guns The enemy is In full tull flight toward Bagdad Our forces are pushing In pursuit Details will foil follow ow Official records of or the campal campaign n In I have been heen details The Thc last official statements conveyed the Inference that the fighting on this front was comparatively unimportant It Is not improbable that a n new force toree has been sent In b by the thc British Reports during the last few Cew weeks have h shown hoWn that large bodies of oC Italian and British troops were be beIng beIng being be- be ing Ing- forwarded towards Turlie Turkey but It was generally generalI assumed that these forces would be empl employed ed on the GalliPoli Galli- Galli poll Poli front or In Syria For some time the thc British and Turks have been fighting near the Junction of oC the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which Is about CiO miles from Bagdad |