Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-02 | Page 3 | Turks Recapture Mountain from Russian Invaders

TURKS RECAPTURE MOUNTAIN FROM RUSSIAN INVADERS (SpCfial raMe bv Arrangement with London Bally 'Pa'.'rrtpli anfl Interna dona I News Sen-Ice. ) CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 1. via Lon-fion. Lon-fion. In a heavy counter-attack the Turks have wrested Mount An tuck, an important point in the Caucasus, from the Russians. The height commands the district twelve miles to the southwest of iMush. The recapture of Mount Anluek is reported officially by the war office. In the Ognotta sector, near the village of Baschkeny, the Russians were repulsed re-pulsed with the naynnt, leaving more than 1000 dead. The Turks also drove the enemv from strong positions eight miles southwest of the Oucmeseh canal. Advances in Egypt are claimed by the Turks.