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Show RUSSIANS REPORT PURSUIT OF TURKS IN THE CAUCASUS PETROORAD Aug 1 v a London 8 65 p m A communlcat on from the i army n the Caucasus made pub Ic to , day says I The attempts of the lurks to ad vance In the direct on of O tl and j the Pasalne va ey were everywhere repu ued In the capture of the Merghe Mir pass we took three ma chine guns and some pr soners In c udlng the commanders of two regi ments In the d rectlon of the E phrates ! the pursu t of the Turks cont nues During the ast few days one of our columns took as pr soners nineteen off eers and 1172 men We a so took j 200 wagons oaded with pyroxy n (an exp os ve compound) and trench ng j imp ements We a so se zed a quan t ty of arms ammun t on and ten s In the v ages the enemy has aban doned h s wounded On the roads i our roops are f ndlng heaps of am mun t on and artl ery Ano her communication says On AuguBt 10 In the Pass ne va ey our roops after an engagement cap i tured tbe Important heights and drove back the Turks toward the west taking a battalion commander and three other officers and 300 men prisoners. In the direction of the Euphrates the pursuit of the Turks continues Twenty one hundred men have been taken prisoners |