Show j ALL OF OF I FOllOWS An ATTACK ACK i BY BYRUSS RUSS FLEET I isolation of f Turks in ln Mesopotamia Meso Meso- Mesopotamia I Next in Order f Critics Figure LONDON April 19 Tile The Theall Therall all rall o is believed here i o have been largely due to the employment of the Russian fleet fleetin in n assisting the land operations Since the brilliant dash of ot t e a cruiser l formerly the Breslau nearly a fortnight ago the Turks aware of ot othe he the inferiority of their BlacK sea fleet I to that of the Russians have nave not undertaken undertaken un un- any serious naval operations for the defense of ot The Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian strategy aimed at keeping all the Turkish forces fully occupied over the widest front Thus while the Russian I armies were ere making a a. successful advance advance advance ad ad- vance In is the Kara Dere region and bringing up up reinforcements by land and sea they also kept the Turks busy by continuous attacks to the southeast In the region of and The Turks made desperate resistance In the region knowing th that t the Russian seizure of which is the junction of Qt the roads leading to and would involve the Isolation of ot and the armies and s seal al althe the fate of both Military critics are of at the opinion that the Turks were given no time to recover and make a stand on the Jam- Jam bola Dere river five miles west of ot Kara ICara Dere The fall of ot It is said probably will involve the speedy loss lossa to the Turks of a and The fall tall of these towns would il Isolate the Turkish a armies es in Mesopotamia l PARIS April 19 Paris Paris received with I. I great enthusiasm the news of the fall of The event was looked for but It was T not thought the Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- would be able to capture the city so quickly The political as well as the military consequences are expected expected expected ex ex- to be most Important particularly particularly particularly in view of the fact t that Turkey Turley has lost one of ot the most valuable parts of Asia Minor at a time when accordIng according accord- accord Ing ng to reports reaching Paris Germany Germanys is s weakening her forces In the Balkans to o carry carryon on attacks on the western front rent French military writers state that the plan of ot campaign of Grand Duke Nicholas the Russi Russian n commander was wasa a daring one which at first was looked upon as foolhardy but now is fully justified The grand duke decided to advance boldly to the attack on this front where maneuvers of warfare were possible while the other fronts were still held In deadlock Excluding the operations on the Persian Persian Persian Per Per- sian front Grand Duke Nicholas inthis liv in this campaign against an experienced and stubborn foe has to his credit the I j storming of ot ten cities In less than two months |