Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-11
E>TIRE:i.i DIFFERENT STORY
COMES FROM CONSTA NTINOPIf:

entirely different story. They stat"
thar General .\ylmers force lost 3.oon
men in an attack on the Turkish posi-
tons u, She;k Said The attack was
rcDulsed.
Regarding the British force al Eut
c,-Amara mn Official dispatc from Con
.stantiuoplc. after claiming that the fort
has hcen surrounded and that the
main British army is in full retreat,
SAYS:
II, Is hoped knt-cl- An..ra soon viii
he taken or will capitulatc FOR want
Of food and the british defenders who
number more than 10000. will be cap
turcd.
'''rhc British thought 10y leaving these
forces in iut-cl Amara TO guarantee
the defense Of the town and also to
assure the orderly retreat of the re-
maindcI OF the army.
This norton OF tho army is III pres
,cnt - long way southeast OF kut-cl
Amari; and cannot 20 IL the aid OF III"
fort. especially as it's morale is shaken"
FIRST INrIMATION
or DAHGER ro TRO0rS
The announcement Of Mr.. cham Der
lain that a new army WAS moving to
the relief nj lIut-c Amara was the
hrs; official intimaliou nare that the
british troops there wer. IN danger
MIR. Chamberlain said:
General .iyliner lef, lnan-et-Aii
Garhi on January &. with troops march
ing 10 the relief of kut-cl- Amara.
>'Dn the same day General Townshend
at kut-rl-A mara reported that on the
previous night the enemy had opened
It heavy lire on the morthwes, front
ana 90 Tic village opposite kut-cl-
.Nmara. bat had made M attack
"cu the might Of January :, General
AAlnrr reported heavy firing on the
south bank OF the riIrs.
ON the right bank General camp
o"lls column carried the cuomy's po-
sition. taking two guns and 700 pris-
ouerS. and then !utrcnched Meanwhile.
the main attack uH the left bank was
retarded by Turkish outhanking
movement and General Aylmer report
"a thai hc apparently was opposed by
| three Turkish DIVISIONS.
I 'un the evening III January s he 20
ported that owing to fatigue. the
troops had been unable 10 make any
progress that day. ON the 9Th he re-
ported the enemy in retreat. and sa i'll
That he was pursuing bu. that heavy
rains n!ndcrod the pursuit
From later kilograms IL appears that
The enemy has reached khora."
London was startled to-day TO learn
that another commander OF British
| cApeoi,ion has been retired IL was
officially announced that General Sir
John Nixon. who has conducted the
/ M"supo;An!!an campaign from the be
/ ginning. has been relieved, ION account
of III health"
sir Percy Lake chief Of the general
stan for India, has been named 20 sue
ceod General Nixon.
~ Is believed quite possible that the
recent british rcvcrses in Mcsopo-
I;lnia. coming nn the heels Of the coll
hlar>c ~ tne Sacdad campaign, led 10
tho rctircncn; Of Sir John Nixon. 1t
iNok the British more than ii year to
approach l:ngdad. In only - few
( months they have been pushed more
than loo miles
/ Sir 'j"hn N!Non was noted for his
distinguished services in India. lie was
/. cavalry commander in The Bocr War
NJ the outbreak or the present war he
was III command of the southern army
ia India
1t is believed IN military circles here
mat the British are far outnumbcr cd
in III" Mcs"potamian campaign
/ II is feared that the complete break
uuwu Of tho campaign will result from
! the release Of about 200, 0vo Turk ism
F.! troops, who had been engaged on Cal
lipo!t The retreat from Kut-el- hmara
iapparently means at least the allan
! don uont OF any offensive plans
m. catfish campaign opened III No
vcmhcr 1914, IN Anglo Indian force
started from tLe Persian Gulf, mHr,li.
lnG !,rtn AND wcs; over tho desert
Wherever possible tho troops followed
he ''.cr's and E.uprratcs Rivers Eng
iIsh wa vessels ~ these sire ,ins 60
operating with them. IN September
Iti1 they mad advanced 23b miles I,
itHt a.; Amara After victory owe,
the Turks there they pressed on to
Ctesiphon, eighteen miles below Eas.
dad