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Show TURK WAR OFFICE CLAIMS REPULSE OF THE BRITISH CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 7. via London, Lon-don, 4:40 p. m. The following statement was issued at the war office today: Artillery fig-htins. which at limes became heavy, continued on our right wine; and in the center. An enemy cruiser and monitor bombarded the environs of Aitchetepe mid then wlih-drew. wlih-drew. Our artillery silenced the howitzer? how-itzer? of ft hostile field battery mid successfully bombarded a camp of the enemy at Soddid-Bahr. Our hatteries on the Anatolian coast, bombarded the landing- places at Sed-dul-Bahr and Teke Burnu. lieutenant Ryck Boddike attacked a French aeroplane aero-plane which flew over the straits and 'brought it down on the Anatolian coast near Akbanoa. The French airman air-man was found dead. The aeroplane may be repaired easily. In the Anafarta sector we found 2(H)0 cases of infantry am munition, 130 wagons and a buried machine gun. |