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Show TURK FORCES ADVANCING IN THE CAUCASUS CONST 4.NTINOPLB Dec 28 via Lon don, 3 38 a m An off cial communica tlon issued Sunday sajs The Turkish forces are victorious ly advanc ng a ong the Caucas an front There is no truth in the Rus sian official report tiat the Ham dleh has been torpedoed at Sebas topol The Turkish fleet tnclud ng the Hamid eh steamed through the B ack sea and returned without dam age One of our warships on December 24 met a Russ an squad on composed of five battleships two cruisers tei destroyers and three mine layers Tl e Turkish ship sing e banded dur ing the n gl t, attacked and bombarded the battlesh p Rostialav and sunk the two mine la y ers O eg and Athos. Two Pusslan officers and thirty lors were rescued and taken prisoners blmultaneousb another portion of our fleet successfu y bombarded Ba turn On December 85 the fore noon t-o of our ships offered bat t e to the Russ an f eet w llch re t eated to Sebastopol |