Show PERSIAN REBELS BADLY BEATEN BY RUSSIAN TROOPS PETROGrRAD De a London 30 p m T e defeat bv Russian troops in Persia of a form id ab e for e among which were se era! thousand Persian In surgeots Is reported In an official state ment Issued toda by general headquar tors. The statement follows At se eral points on the Riga f ont our artillery silenced enen y bat terles South of Utskul the Genua s a tacked our trenches under the o er of gas On the D Insk front the Ge ma s repeatedly tried to lea e their trenches but were easily driven back In Persia our troops defeated a German Turkish force among whome were se eral thousand rebel Pe Blan gendarmerie and others armed with artillery and ma h ne guns. The enemy lost se era of their positions. Man we e k led or wounded and the rest fled |