Evening star., 1916-05-22
Force of Cars Cavalry, by
Adventurous Ride, Joins
Gen. Gorringe.
TEUTONS GO TO SUCCOR
OF MENACED OTTOMANS
Armies Being Assembled for What
May Be Decisive Battle in
Mesopotamia.

LONDON, May GA force of Rus
sian cavalry has joined the British
army on the Tisris, in Mesopotamia-
An official communication concern
ing the situation along the Tigris fol-
lows:
Gen. Lake reports that on the 18th
the enemy vacated the Bethaiessa ad-
vance position. on the right bank of the
Tigris. Gen. Gorringe, following up
the enemy. attacked and carried the
Dujailam redoubt. The enemy is still
holding the Sannayyat position on the
left bank of the river. A force of Rus
sian cavalry has joined Gen. Gorringe
after a bold and adventurous ride
Russian Exploit Surprise.
How this important junction was eff
fected is still unknown. and the story
will be awaited with intense interest.
The supposition is that this detach-
ment came from the Russian army
which is threatening Khanikan. but it
still remains a puzzle where and how
the Russians succeeded in crossing the
river.
Gorringe also has raised the question
whether the Russians have already cut
the Bagdad railway at Mosul In any
case, the unexpected appearance of this
body of cavalry is as great surprise
as was the first landing of the Russian
troops at Marseilles. and is another
instance of the swift and stealthy
movement of the Russian forces in Asia
Minor.
Teutons to Aid of Turks.
-Four thousand German troops are
expected at Bagdad in June" says
the Times Bucharest correspondent
Twelve thousand Austrians are al
ready there. The Turks are weaken
ing the defense of Constantinople,
sending all possible reinforcements to
Asia Minor and concentrating large
force at Marasha, three days march
northeast Of Alexandretta (on the
Mediterranean. in northern Syria).
where they fear an attempted landing
by entente allies.
A Constantinople dispatch to the Ge-,
neva Tribune says that Field Marshal
Liman Won Sanders is assembling
strong force of Turkish troops at ST.
vas, in Asiatic Turkey, to oppose the
advance Of the Russians. The Turks
are equipped abundantly with artil-
lery.
The correspondent also says that
Turkey has called out recruits of the
ages of seventeen and eighteen.
Russians straighten Line.
PETROGRAD, May q, via London.
May 22.-The Russian occupation of
sakiz and Nheir advance upon the viii
lage of 'Ban is of extreme Importance
and establishes a direct line of COM
munication between the two Russian
groups which are operating against
the Turkish Mesopotamia army.
Although little has been known re-
Immediate district, which lies between
Lake Urumiah and khanikan, on the
Persian border northeast Of Bagdad.
Kurdish bands supported by Turkish
tempting to make inroads into Persia
and, by cutting of from each other the
Russian armies advancing toward the
Mesopotamian border, make their
progress impossible.
Kurdish Menace Removed.
It is apparent that in these efforts they
had been SO successful as to capture
the Persian towns of Sakiz and Ban,
but. as officially announced, the Rus
slams recently ousted them from these
positions and the danger created by
this wedge into the Russian line has
been removed.
Ban is near the Turkish border, and
along a 200-mi1e front the Russian
armies now are drawn up close to the
Mesopotamian frontier. Military ex-
perts believe that further progress for
the Russians should be considerably
facilitated by this Strengthening out Of
the Russian line and the establishment
of direct communication, which not
only makes further Kurdish inroads i'm
possible, but 1ightens the difficult task
of provisioning, which delayed the Rus
sian progress in Asia Minor.