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Show TURKS SUSTAIN REVERSES IN THE ARMENIA REGION TIFLIS Transcaucasia March 13 v a London, 1 05 p m An attempt on the part of the Turkish army occupy ing Turkish Armen a to drive back the Bussian force which has advanced west ward along the shore of the Black Bea from Batum has met with defeat. The Turks assumed the offens ve in the river Tchoruk distr ct on March 9 but were thrown back The Buss ans captured an ent re battery Reverses also have been sustained by the Turk sh forces m northwestern Per s a They were compelled to retreat a considerable distance in the d stnets of Khoi and Dilman At D lman which s sixty miles north of Urumlah the Bussians captured several heavy guns and a quant ty of ammunition. The Turks lost heavily in killed and wound ed and the Buss ans took many pris oners |