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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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tried to cut our wire entanglementsanrl showed at times a threatening front. Meanwhile, late on the evening of A()ril 12,.Major-CJeneral Sir Charles J. Melliss, V.C,C.B., arrived at Shaiba fioiti I.asra, with asiiihII icintorcfiinnt ( tlir 2U\\ rnnjahis, tuid,being senior to Major* Icnc rid lry. toitk coui-rufind of (lie Shaiba garrison. Sucli was thestate of tlu <-oiintry thai (jlenend .Melliss an<l his(htachmetit had to come in native* boats or ■ Ixllums, which wen^ punted across (»ight milesof ssfiU-r. On A;iril )., (icncnd M(»lliss el(<ucd llii»neighbourhood of tin- rinii;t, after Hom< lighting,in the course of which tin- IJritish captiuod 400«»f thr r»nemy an<l infiicli-d conHid( Ioshi^h.The night (»asH(!d (;uiflly; but ur^xt morningit was fonriil that the Turks had taken up astrong (jOHition sonn llm-n miles in lentil li iiX I >iirjaHiya, lo the soul 11 of Slinihii, and Inu I I hereentrenched t lieniHelveM, This ;iosil.jon Cieneral
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o < ai UiQu O <HO Oen lU XH UH <: H(« O H <🅰CdZ cdO 210 THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR. 2I) lellLs proceeded to attack. After a long andomewhat severe days fighting, duiing whichhe British troops were much hampered bylirage, which concealed the enemys trenches,hese were stonned and the Turks broke anded. The British loss was not small. Lieut.-lolonel H. L. Rosher, commanding the Dorsets,7as killed, Lieut.-Colonel E. S. Cleeve, com-landing the Artillery, was severely wounded,nd the casualties altogether amounted to 700.Jut the losses of the enemy were much heavier,robably four or five thousand, and there is no(oubt that he was thoroughly beaten. Dtu-inglis retreat the Arabs turned upon the fugitive?urks and did them much evil. When the wholly inactive at other points of the Britishfront. Both at Kurna, in the centre of the longline, and at Ahwaz, on the right, they had madesome tlireatening demonstrations. But at thesepoints there was no serious fighting, the enemyconfinin

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