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Show BANGING THE TURK IN THE MESOPOTAMIAN DESERT : litmiU mmWM & w-:H m ; : ' :: :: . " -: w j ii;:::i:s!::li;:: : yyh, 5 fv iX Though little is heard about it in comparison with the momentous happenings that daily occur on the western and eastern fronts, an important phase of the war is being conducted in Mesopotamia.- A British army is steadily banging away at the Turks, driving them farther and farther into the desert. While the Tommies fighting In the snow and cold on the western front may envy their comrades in the Euphrates-Tigris valley, the men fighting In the desert are not having a picnic. They have more heat than they can stand; the arid desert is intolerable to white men. Yet they are keeping at it, and this British official photograph shows one of their big field pieces, just as It was fired, making the Turks step lively across the sands. |