Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-12
TURKS REPULSE
BRITISH ATTACK
A Dispatch from Berlin Says
Enemy Suffered Crushing
Defeat at menlari.
RUSSIANS WIN NEAR ERzERuM
Official Report issued at Petrosrsd
Says 1000 Prisoners Were Taken
Quiet at Most Points.

London, Jan. 2e.-The morning pa
pers emphasize the renewal of heavy
lighting on the western front. They
believe there was a serious German at
tempt to break through the French
lines close to the Flanders coast on
Monday and predict that German ac-
fivity in the west will probably reach
it's height on Thursday, when the Ger
man emperor celebrates his fifty-sev
enth birthday.
Turks Repuise British.
Berlin, Jan 26-The British force
going to the relief of the troops sur
rounded by Turks at Kut-El-Amara at
tackled the Turkish positions near
Menlari on January 81, but were re-
pulsed after an engagement lasting six
hours, according to an official report
issued by the Turkish headquarters
staff. The British, the announcement
says, left about 5000 dead on the field.
The Turkish losses were comparative
ly slight.
British soldiers taken prisoner stat
ed that the British column also had
lost, {. 900 men in dead and wounded in
the preceding engagements near
Sheik Said.
hOnQOn, JAIL ZO--ll IOpOTIS
Turkish headquarters coming by way
of Berlin are exact, the British forces
in Mesopotamia suffered somewhat Sc
we're reverses in their endeavor to
reach the desieged town of Kut-El-
Amara on the Tigris river.
1t was after this fight that General
Aylser is declared to have requested
and obtained a truce of one day in
order that the dead might be buried.
The British advancing from Munta-
fix on the Shatt-El-Hai river south of
kut-El-Amara toward Korna were also
! compelled to retreat before a Turkish
attack, says their report, leaving 100
men dead. The British reverse at the
hands of the Turks, however, is some
what offset by the Turkish losses in
battles with the Russians in the neigh
borhood of Erzerum- A news agency
dispatch from Petrograd asserts tina
apart from the casualties in actual bat
tie, the Turks lost fifty officers and
1000 taken prisoners, and also scores
of machines and quantities of MUM
lions captured.
Comparatively Quiet.
Aside from the usual bombardments
mining operations and aeroplane raids,
little fighting is going on in any of the
other theatres of war. Vienna asserts
that there has been no resumption of
aostilities in Montenegro. The king of
the Montenegrins, with his army, ac-
eording to dispatches, is progressing.
Allied airmen have again dropped
bombs on Monastir and Gievgeli, 100
being reported killed or wounded at
the latter place.
Scutari is Captured.
Berlin. Jan. 25.-Scutari has been
occupied by Austro-Hungarian troops,
according to an announcement issued
today by Austro-Hungarian headquar-
tiers. Several thousand Serbians who
formed the garrison retired toward
the south without offering any resis-
lance.
The text of the statement follows:
''Scutari has been occupied by Aus
tro-Hungarian troops. Several thou
sand Serbians who formed the garri-
son retired toward the south without
resistance. Austro-Hungarians also
have occupied Niksic, Danilovgrod and
Podgoritza.
The disarming of the country has
been carried on up to the present with
out friction. AT several places the
MOntenegrins have not even waited
until the Austro-Hungarians appeared,
but have laid down their arms before
the arrival OF the troops in order to
return to their homes At other places
= majority of those disarmed prefer
internment to being sent home.
Troops Received "FriendIy."
The population generally has re-
oeiyed our troops in a friendly man
ner. and in some instances with cere-
mony- Riots such as occurred at
Podgoritza ceased as soon as the first
tro-Hungarian detachments ap-
peared-''
Scutari was occupied by Montene-
grin troops in June, 1915. it being ex-
planned in an official note issued by
the Montenegrin government that
strategic and political reasons impell-
ed the Montenegro descent on AL
bania- An additional reason given
was that other powers already had &C
cupied parts of that country.
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