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Show RUSSIANS DEFEAT TURK TROOPS ON PERSIAN FRONT PETROGRAD, Dee. I. via London, 7:50 p. ni. Turkish troops operating In Persia Per-sia have been defeated by the Russians, who inflicted great losses on the Moslems, Mos-lems, according to the official war office statement issued today. Concerning the operations on the Caucasus front the statement says: "Caucasian front: On the Persian front our detachment on the left flank during November L'o to 2 conducted a series of brief attacks against the enemy, mostly at night. The enemy on the evening of the -7th was driven across the river in complete disorder, sustaining great losses. We captured two mountain batteries, bat-teries, one machine gun and a great quantity of war material," |