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Show WAR BULLETINS jl Defeat of Turks. ; f London, .Aug. 9, 12:45 a. m. Press- I ing the advantage won by the defeat of the Turks who attacked the Brit- j jH ish forces near the Suez canal, the ( jH British have driven back the Turks j to a line fifteen miles east of Katia. ; The following official statement with j regard to these operations was issued here today: "Telegraphing at 8:45 o'clock last evening the commander-in-chief in M Egypt reports that our pursuit of the n enemy in the Katia district continues. Jl North and west the Turkish rear guard J fl have been pressed back, while south j the Imperial Camel Corps, by a dash- ; ing attack, drove them from their entrenchments. We captured more jH prisoners and the enemy rear guard I has now retired to about a line run- ! jH ning north and south through Blre- j labd, fifteen miles east of Katia." Paris, Aug. 9, 12.45 a. m. A de- creo providing for a maximum price of coal is published in the official W journal. The price will be fixed by jH the government after August 10. M London, Aug. 8, 4:30 p. m. The M British steamer Newbern of 3.554 tons, has been sunk by a submarine, Lloyd's M Shipping Agency announced .today. W The crekw " was 'landed. M |