Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 1 | Russians Capture Persian City of Bijar

RUSSIANS CAPTURE I PERSIAN CITY GITY H OF of Grand Dukes Duke's A Army yA Advances va c sj Toward oward J B Bagdad d d ag rU TUR TURKS K KS RETREATING I Czars Czar Men Take take After f B Bayonet yo ei Attack tta k in Blinding t n ng S Snowstorm o storm R D Mar Ma The capt capture re p pf of was announced an an- in iii n an official statement issued d l last st st. night w ws w's was s m made de fol lowing b attacks in lin a a. a blinding snowstorm The official said there were h heavy av captures in m men n and nc ma- ma ferial Including g t twenty Krupp guns gun Russian Russia tro troops ps have hav capt captured red the theP P Persian city of rl O miles north c of t Ke an h. h atter nerA-b nerA battle tUe the war office announced tonight The Tte victory was Vas won on by the by-the the e right wing of ot the army that K and is adva advancing advancing cing c- c ing in the direction of ot Bagdad Bagdad Bag Bag- dad ija p has ia s a a population o of about and lies seventy miles east of ot the Turkish Persian border This distance from t to B Bagdad gd d' d Js so s about about- mU miles Reinforcements are e eb ai-eb being ing r rushed shed from Mesopotamia to aid the Turks retreating retreating re re- re treating tr from S