Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-07 | Page 1 | War Statement from Turkey

WAR STATEMENT FROM TURKEY Turkish Troops Advance and Occupy Important Russian Point of Support. ITALIAN SHIP SUNK Four Thousand Russians Completely Com-pletely Vanquished Persians Per-sians Are Aiding the Turks. Ixmdon, Jan. 7. 8:51 a m An official of-ficial Turkish statement received in London from Constantinople, by way of Amsterdam, reads: "Our iroops advanced from Samoi and Bajirons and occupied LJrza, an important R,U88lan point of support. "After an indecisive battle Tuesday, Tues-day, between Russian and Turkish fleets, the Russians sank an Italian merchant ship, although she was flying fly-ing the Italian flag "Four thousand Russians have been completely vanquished near Mlaml-cab, Mlaml-cab, losing 2QQ men killed, while the Turks who were aided by Peroians lost six men "In lighting aeaj l'rumiah. Aser haijan province, Persia, two detachments detach-ments of Russian troops were taken prisoner and Kin men were killed. As a result of the reverse ot l'rumiah, the Russian morale has been broken."