Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-01-27 | Page 1 | Turkish Army is Marching on Egypt

H ARMY 15 ON EGYPT LONDON Jan 27 Dispatches Dispatches from Cairo state that great military activity prevails at tho Su Suez canal Troops and warships aro being assembled and all c civilians are leavin leaving the tho vicinity of the canal ennal Important aro arc being bein made e. e ATlIE ATHENS S Jan 2 27 via Lon London London London-It It It is I I II reported here that throe Turkish army I eor corps p s abo about u t mon men a are r e m marching marchin a on Egypt under command of Pasha CAIRO CIURO- Ig pt via London JanAn Jan 27 j. j j An An engagement occurred 3 yesterday esterday to t tha rho t c eastward of ard of f in in- E Egypt pt presumably with the advance ad guard mud of ofa a Turkish army l altho although h details arc aro lacking Jacking The Eg Egyptian tian losses were ono one officer and four men slightly wounded Only a a. comparatively comparative small amaH number of men were cn engaged age in tho rho fighting lighting r which was in the nature of skirmishes Fi Fighting in this locality indicates that not only has a Turkish invasion of Eg Egypt pt been Le begun n as was reported report cd in inan inan an nn earlier carlier dispatch from Athens but Turkish forces have penetrated a considerable con distance into Egypt EU EI El Kan Finn tara Cara is twenty eight miles south of Port Said aid and is on the Suez canal which itis it itie IB is assumed is ie tho rho immediate objective of the Turkish adt advance ance Tho t territory to the tho east of El Fl referred to in tho rho foregoing dispatch is the northern part of ot Sinai peninsula which extends to tho rho Turkish frontier