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Show STATEMENT BY OTTOMAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. A statement state-ment Issued by the Imperial Ottoman embassy here says: "Tho commander of the Ottoman forces at BonghazI telegraphs to tho Ottoman ministry of war at Constantinople Constan-tinople that in the course of threo nocturnal attacks by the Ottoman troops in the second 'half of January, the Italians had four hundred killed In splto of tho protection afforded by their forta and fleet. The Ottoman losses wore 30 killed and 40 wounded. Tho Italians have abandoned a considerable con-siderable quantity of provisions and mules." |