The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-18
Grand Duke Nicholas liam
mering Heavily on Hundred-
Mile Line in Caucasus
BERLIN SAYS BRITISH
TROOPS NEAR ATHENS
1t Is Declared Entente Allies
Have Landed in Five MiIea
of Greek Capital With Hos-
tile Intent

London, Jan. i7.---General Aye~
mer, with his relief FORGE =
within six miles OF Kut-cl-Amas.a,
where 10000 British troops are
besiegcd.
The Turkish forces which had
proceeded southeast OF KMt-ct~
.Amara as far as Sheik Saad. In
an effort to prevent General Ayt-
mer's advance. have been driven
hack.
These announcements Were
made In the House Of C0niRlCSsA
today by j. Austin ChamlseriAlsta
Secretary OF State for India.
General AyImcrs troops ara
fighffng desperately 10 reach The
heicagnred garrison before II n
forced to cnpitnlate.
Official Turkish reports are alIent
regarding the movements In Mesupo-
tamia. There has been intermittent
artillery fire near Kut-el-AmarA.'s
they officially state. q 4
Hearing Prom Grand Duke.
On the headwaters OF the TaErtA
however. where the Russians Mndef
Grand Duke Nicholas have hexn1ss III
great onensivs an q i hundre6yA(tn
front the Turks admit the withdr4Nx1
OF advance posts.
The recent operations In Mes0ro%
tamia. including the advance to CteSfvi
phon, were considered and appfOFedI
by the war council" said Mr.. Cham
berlain in his report to Parliament.
ut would not be to public interesf
that i should make statement On
the scope OF operations now In pre-
Eress. Information Of that kind.
would be far more valuable to tn.
enemy than to the House
"On the 18th instant / anHenncel1
~ the House that the enemy had re-a
tired to Essian. a position SIX mi1a1.
east of Kut-el-Amara. He. however,
advanced again on the fnl-9
lowing day TO the Waddi position.
SIrce tnen we nave received feIe~l
grams from General Townshend up
to the morning Of the 18th. and from
General Aylmer up to the 18th. From
these il appears that General Kefsi
rail-. ON the right bank, was holding
the Turkish position in front OF him.
gene raj Aylfner was pressing back
two divisions on the left bank At and
about the Waddi position. There was
continuous fighting on the 18th. and
the fclln~risfg dav General AyImeF ro-s
j ted the enemy rs again retfrtnK
and that ne himself was moving hIs
headquarters and his wafer trAnp-
ports to the mouth of the Wadd, On:
the 18th, General Aylmer reported
that the whole of the Waddi posffiou
had been captured and the enanoH
rear guard had taken UP a position
at Esslan.
Weather Very had.
General ,Ayimer reported that the
operations were seriously hampered III
the weather, which was very had All
the wounded had been sent down thes
river
Regarding operations In the Cau-
casus. tonight official statement from
Petrosrad said; 60
The Turks made two attempts ~
cross to the right bank OF the Ark
hava River Both were repui&ed. III
prisoners and captured d Turkish ar
tillery depot northwest Of Khornssait
a million rife cartridges
and a thousand shells
Turks Say They Inflicted Heavy EsoGee0'
The Constantinople ofllciAi r1n1kfs
N which check is admitted. fodonxx
The Russians have repeated fAatR
attacks against Turkish positinnN N
both banks Of the AFasa RIVER Iln3ss
kertng heavy LOSSES Especially tfts 1A4s
district between Arasa ana th4
Valley. Here Turkish advances
-etired some kilomctefS, hayfu2 <S
layed strong enemy forces for = f4e{ ~
The Russians suffered terribie n Y
south of the Arkhava wa f1zIlE@e4
great losses upon this eneny Il
Lo-hand fighting in advanced - aM&
and captured a large QuAnttf5
arms" 81 4k 81 Ssl3
Regarding the situation Z
the Turkish report
"A hostile ship on Friday I'M
cessfully shelled Shedd-ul- n Il
sea planes dropped bombs NJ n
ships OF thu eIialny on Nui11
the island OF LemnQs} The
the booty captured by The =
900 pounds. sss M M @z sss1 n