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Show TURK POSITION ASSAULTED BY L1DJD SEfl War Office Admits Losses of Ground in an Official Statement Received in Amsterdam CLAIM SUCCESS IN OTHER ENGAGEMENT Continuance of Vigorous Pursuit of Allies on Right j Wing Is Asserted in 1 Announcement. AM TtRDAM A g S via London 40 p m A land and sea attack on h Turk sh positions on Galltpoll penln a a ann unred In an official com mun at on issued at Conatantlnople as re. etved here todaj The Turkish war ' off! e admits the loas of ground but asserts that in another engagement tbe T ir V.B captu ed trenches The text of he report where date of Issue Is not given follows Testerday evening on the Darda nellea front In the region of Art Burno, our left wing captured enemy trenches and prevented him from bringing up reinforcements. Ground Recaptured In the afternoon the enemy after artillery preparations from land and sea advanced and made a number of trench attacks on our left wing pen etratlng a portion of them Toward evening we recaptured most of the lost ground. Near 8eddul Bahr we repu sed the enemy who attacked on our right wing south of 8aghadere after prepa ration by artillery and Infantrj fire. We also stopped a second attack. In the evening we recaptured the poet tlons held by the enemy In the Caucasaa we continue a vis orous pursuit of the enemy on our right wing The enemy evacuated his positions near Elashgerd and re treated at Kusaedagte. |