Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-01-12 | Page 10 | Seddul Bahr Swept Clean of Invaders

ClEAN OF INVADERS CONSTANTINOPLE Jan 11 1 via London London Jan Tan 12 The The 1 The following off official fi- fi 1 cial statement was was issued last night by bythe bythe bythe the Turk Turkish sh war office On Monday evening debris booty and a number of dead bodies but not a single singe soldier of the te enemy remained at Bahr In the course of our pursuit the remainder of the enemy who refused to surrender surender and fled ted in the direction of the landing places were annihilated In the left wing in I Ithe the sector of Dere we discovered discovered discovered ered a great quantity of automatic mines ninety of ot which were destroyed by our engineers in a small space front On the night of January January Janu Janu- ary 6 6 the enemy who had been surrounded sur stir r rounded in in Kut-el-Amara Kut attempted at many points to make maee sorties after aier a vigorous bombardment These were repulsed with pith losses On January 8 there was a heavy ar artillery artlery at- at tillery battle batUe In the Black Back sea for half an hour between the Turkish battle batUe cruiser Sultan formerly the German c cruiser Goeben and the Bussian Russian Russian Rus Bus sian battleship Empress Maria The engagement was at t long range The Sultan Selim SeUm was Wa not damaged while a a hit was observed on th Empress Maria Marla