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Show BRITISH OFFICE GIVES DETAILS OF TIGRIS FIGHT LONDON", April 20, 7:45 p. m The ' following British communication cou- . ceruing recent fighting in Masopotamia i was issued this evening: Further details of the fightiug on the right bank of the Tigris river April ltl-17, previous to the Turkish counter-attacks, show that tbc enemy en-emy left between 200 and 300 dead i in the captured trenches, two field guns and five machine guns. Prisoners Pris-oners aggregating ISO, including eight officers', also were taken. Our losses were comparatively small. An aeroplane reconnaissance after the cuemv's counter-attack the night of April 17-1S disclosed the i fact that a large number of Turkish Turk-ish ambulances were busy all day I removing the wounded. " i |