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Show BRITISH HOOT TURKS IN HPOTIIA Moslems Succeed in Enter mg Bastion of Fort, but Are Driven Out LONDON Dec 27 50 p m The Turks In an attack on the B It sh forces In Mesopotam a. succeeded in entering the northern bas ion of one of the forts at Knt el Amara but were driven out an off clal s atement sued this even ng eaya The of lclal statement sajs On the 4tn Genera Townshend re ported that the enemy had f red heavily throughout the previous night but had not attacked Later he sent a fur her report as fo ows From 10 a m untl past m d night the pos tlon was heavl y she led. The enemy having breacbed the fort, effected an entrance but were driven out Two hundred dead were eft in s de the fort. The fort s on the r ght flank of his landward pos tions on the north s de of the Kut peninsu a On the ath General Townshend sent a further report in wh ch he sajs hat at m dn ght on the 24th and on the 26th fierce f ghting for the posses on of he fort took p ace. The enemy effec ed a odgment in the northern bas on and were ejected but came on again and occupied the bastion The garrison of Oxford 1 ght intantrj and the 103rd he d onto the Intrenchment and were reinforced by the Norfo k regiment and the 104th p onee s The enemy acated the bast on ear y Ch s mas mo n ng and et ed In o trenches 400 to 900 jards in the rear a though the attack had bee n ade from t enches only about 100 sards from the B itish The rest of Ch stmas day passed qu etly The fort and garr son In ece ent sp r ts reoccup ed he bas on The enemy s casua t es are es mated a about 00 ou on at 190 ki ed and wounded A who e d v s on appears to have been engaged in the attack Pre sumab y the 200 enemy dead men t oned in t e e egram of the 24th are not inc uded n the above |