Piute Chieftain | 1916-05-25 | Page 2 | Russians Join the British on Tigris

RUSSIANS JOIN THE BRITISH ON TI 0 6 HAVE ACHIEVED MAIN OBJECT IN CAMPAIGN IN EFFECTING JUNCTURE WITH TONS turks have evacuated Betha lesell and have also been driven back by british fighting continues around verdun london the russians have achieved in part one of their main objects in asiatic turkey the joining of hands bands with their british allies fight ing against the turks on the tigris river coincident with the arrival comes a report that the turks have evacuated Beth alossa their advanced position on the right bank of the tigris and also have lost to the british their redoubt around verdun the fighting between the french and the germans continues with great violence A french A first rs t line arnch and slopes on the west of le mort homme have been captured by the germans while the french have taken two trenches on the road from esnes to haucourt halcourt Hau court berlin reports that more than 1300 french were taken prisoner and that sixteen machine guns and eight cannon were captured in the region of L le mort homme northeast of the fortress the french have taken from the germans the houdremont Haud remont quarries and captured eighty prisoners and four machine guns on the remainder of the front the fighting has consisted mainly of artillery duels duel and numerous air combats t