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Fighting on the Tigris.

Absurd Turkish Claim.

I I nrkifch coiumuniqm nf.Hi.rts that the. J3iitish assault on the li^im front on \\ e*l

nesdai was lesponsiblc for the heaviest tos-cA mi s ta i ned bj the Bnttsh in the cain pugi) in Mesopotamia

U he attacking force ir declared bj the J urks to h ive h id 2 000 men killed

J he following official statement w is issued 1>> the British Win Office, ami pul» lished in I he Viv18 jtsterdiy -

Our forcer, ad\ i «.ed J00 ¿arris on Sunda\ night (Janwm °S 1) alone the right bank of tit

1 ¡l-l is eastwiri- of the junction of the Ti pris uiih the Mut Lilla, nnd bawi.cn SOO and fc» \ards westward of tlie junction alonty a front of ?sun janis Our ciFiialtiti were blight Our civalry raid ot» V> e In sdaj secured Inrge stocks of (,ram On Thursduj u_ captured the last line of trenches hut one eastward of the junction of the Jigrla and the ¡shat c1 Hid On the right bank of the latter river wo repulHtil a counter attack and took 1 ft pri^ncrs. Wo attacked und captured tronc! en wc_itwjrl of the junction of the Tigr!» and Sliat d Urn We MUcti i 1 irge number of the enenn A\e were mibHiiuently compelled to relinquish portion of tin ground gained Otu taviiln throughout the latter operations siicaa-v

fully operated b\ attacking the enemy to the

we** of Kut c1 Awiro.

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