Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13
RIVAL FORCES ARE At GRipa IN
GREAT STRUGGLES a.
TWEEN PERSIAN GULF
AND BAGDAD.
TEN THOUSAND ENGLISH
ARE REPORTED CUT OFF
Ottomars Threaten Force Isolated q
kut.EEAmara While Relief Exps-
dition 10 Pushing Forward--sec.
rstary for India Announces
Success for This Army.

Paris, Jan, l1.--f1cavy attacks ware
n1ade Sunday by German troops In the
Champagne, the war office has Just
announced. The German attacks broke
down with heavy losses, the statement
Gays, and although the Tsutons gained
Temporary foothoid In French positions
nj various places, they we're aubse-
quentIy driven out everywhere except
from portions OF two advanced trench
%.
London, Jan. 1.-THE British and
Turks are at grips In two great bat
Ties between the Persian gulf and
BaGdad. Ten thousand British are
cut of at Kut-EiAmara, The Turks
are before the final defenses OF this
Mesopotamian fort. A relief expedi.
tIon under General Aylmer Ii en-.
dea,orlng To push forward to the re-
Lief OF the beleaguered garrison.
In the House of Commons j. Aus
ten Chamberlain, secretary for In.
dia. announced successes for this OK
peditinn. lie said the Turks were In
full retreat after losing TOO prisoners
and number Of guns In violent
battle.
Tell Different Story.
Reports received from Congtantin.
ople through Berlin and Amsterdam
tell an entirely different story. They
state that General Aylmer's force lost
1900 men In ON attack on the Turkish
possessions ut sheik Said. The at.
tack was repulsad,
Regarding the British force at kut.
ElAmara, an official dispatch from
Constantinopie, after claiming that
the fort has been surrounded and that
the main British army IL In full re.
treat, says.
Hope to Take British.
1T liz hoped Kut I'll Amara soon
will no taken or will capitulate for
want OF food and that the British de.
tenders. who number more than 10000
will BIO captured
The British thought by leaving
these forces al kut.ElAmara to guar
Gntee the defense of the town and also
TO assure the orderly retreat of the
remainder on the army,
This portion of the army Is at
present long way southeast OF Kut-
ElAmara and cannot 80 to the aid OF
the fort, especially as its morale is
shaken"
Relief Force Reinforced.
The announcement OF Mr.. Chambers
lain that a new army was moving to
the relief N kut.ElAmara was the
first official intimation here that the
British troops there We're In danger.
Heavy forces of Turks We're brought
mp for the defense of nagdad De-
feated nj first. they again attacked
and drove the British back. The re-
treat continued for 100 miles until
the British again were In kut- lei. Anna.
ra. The British relief expedition In
believed to have been recently rein.
forced.
London. Ian. 1l.-A All the positions
held by the Allies on the Gallipon
peninsula have been abandoned with
the wounding Of only one man among
the British and French, according to
Z Rritiah Official statement.
This news has been expected for
several days by the keen observers OF
the near Eastern campaign. for the
retirement Of the troops from Amaze
and Suvla Bay three weeks ago, left
no strategic advantage to the retention
OF the tip of the peninsula.