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Show oo CONTINUE BOMBARDMENT. FarlB, April 18. Tho bombardment of Rhelms contlnuos intermittently. On Saturday twenty-eight shells fell In the city during the morning and forty In tho afternoon. On Sunday five shells fell within half nn hour, and hostile aircraft loitered over tho city throughout the day. London, April 18, 10:45 a, m. British Brit-ish lines on tho south bank of the Tigris Tig-ris in Mesopotamia have been forced back bv the Turks, for a distance in some places of 'from BOO to 800 yards, says an official statement given out today by the official press bureau. The text of tho official statement "Lieutenant General Sir Percy Lake (commandor of tho British force In Mesopotamia) reports that on the night of April 17-18, a Borles of heavy attacks were delivered on the right (south) bank of the Tigris. Our lines wore in places forced book soma 500 to 800 yards." |