The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-12
WAR DR. Pc ACE
.PAOEN CITY
whoS4 masrtfcenro Is inmrr:siized IN
he Arabian Nights
.uoptle Tour Money,

WHOSE nldSrtfCHGro IS I'M nrr:9 liz ed IN
he Arabian NIGHTS
~ phou; SO Al Bsgtad ~as rr"'iit"d
With population Of ".00D. 600 souls.
md was easily the FIRST city in ~
world In wealth ami commerce. With
tho fall OF tho caliihs before the Turk
'%h sultans IN" GcCln" Of EaEdnd com
mcnced. 1t was aucc'sNiN"ly 81" nr"F
Of Turks MoneCls. TsrtHrS mad Per
SLAMS. hut It was not until l@%H. y y,
that the city became dciinitei! Il part
ut the Turkish empire.
lis ancient imro~;anr" WIS Target"
due TO tho fact that u stood Al m" en-
toy If n" limos Of communication be
tween India and Persia and IN" ""Si.
hui the rrsnirg nf now routes By way
~ Trrhiaond "nd through Nrm"nlA ~
vcrred ltS trade and 'wa7 vital factor
In it's decline.
Tho British campaign against Rac-
dad vas nr"nsd early in ttl". >" non. hr'
Aurin-Tndian fore" u"der Mayor Ten
craI Charles Nrr. r'crrcrs THws"nd was
l.rd.I at tho head of the Persian gulf
and rnov.G rapidly M III" TlEr'S. mo
r-.,nary object Of tho expedition VAS 20
ec..urc the valua nle oil wells III me 70
zion at the mouth O! III" IiSriS' nut
~. u1ii,lnir md rar greater "Hj','i W
rhc Sha;torinc 90 the great German
dream Of dnml0ior in III" near cast:
The realization Of this dream va: nSN""
on ,h, 'ritrtion or the h"rlih-' ~
ctaNt! nCpl"- lSSSIdH IH'' 49, ,',,' -
,otzmrn Of Eacdad tn" TirltlSh hoped I"
nrey.n, Tive comrle tnr of ihis rna0. ~
if,a, ny GERMAN hands. and strike r
eL.,,ori-,r. blow ut German HrrstlGC IN
,Eat SECTION Of IN" word.
General rowrshcni r"mmhndcG "
force nf about 5000" 'H"m ana ~ w
l.. ,,.shn1 forward VIII ar1a%inE SC'"H'
T-arI,. in Iun". l9II. w. captured ME-
o. Ansra. about go mines from INC
mouth of 'rr TiEr's ana about LUZ h' s,'i'
from ia rda'l. on IN" "a 81 w" ,n
lnvi,r November he reached ttcSirho9.
20 miles from his goal whore u" WI .
.,.n,,hoI Nv an overwhelming. tore" "'
0;.rmon troops Ills water supply GaFe
ont and he WINS forced to retreat.
Fighting = continuous rear rn"rh a.,
ZION ;hr BRITISH expedition rr'Sa Ih'i
Eu,.c1-A r1,ara on December .. Hers '1'n-
cal .rnwnshend d"i"rulin"! 10 make u
stand with u portion Of ms forces az !
entrrurhrd with about l".""" m"n' M
she remainder OF hi$ trnnnE ';,L'' W. -
70 fall back along tho TiCr'S IN ORG
-, inin h~nds with the fr!int ARM mar
i,vaG hur-icllv despatched from France
grd India after the d"f"a' A. 't"SIrA'n'
Thirty thousand Indian tro"Hrs, an!
w., Arclo-Ind,ar divisions. ~hich IN"
ha.u GrhttuC in France. formed thH re-
I,.r .orns tla, Joined the remnant. ''
tho rownsherh expedition and n'an" y
desnoratr effort 20 rHSCH" Inc l.+I"aS,iT'H
garrison ~ Xvi l-Am1rH For 'nr
months General Sir Herry Lake. IN" TO-
ice commander. fought his Wy IN ~,
Tj--i. and vas -rili>in eight mi'"r ~
Ljg bcsin-cI .o,nradca WHOM ON Nrrh b.
lHi6 Gcroral Tnw'sh"nh. MS ,">H sun
riia" exhausted. was r"n,V"ilrH 10 '@"r
randnr In tha meantime aTfttinna' 60
Inducements had been son, from FCNr'.
Including rho, Thirteenth colonial dtN!
sion, Which had taken rHr' N IN"
fa,ed GaIli7oli campaign. r>n' E,lNr
fbo disasiAr ~ XVI 81 A~ara ihF Nri .
IN nHorS;tr TOR SntFT ~
months
Con To.vn=hand'e operations aSainI'
EaSdad had been seconded ~ ms Rus
=iars Who had advanced rom 'e,|'
ar.3 :he Mush region ard had rHHrn3 ~
,,th,r % miles &C tho TiErts wh"o the
T To-rrr surrender orcrirrnd shortly
nftorvard tho Russians abandoned 'hHr
campaign. And after S"Nrs 1esn'iHrN
fch'irE. w,thdrnw TO :hA Persian noun
tains.
Tho resumption ~ British. orerat'"nee
IN major scale did not Occur unt''
rcrep,hs- ial6 whom an advance On
I>ut .el-Amara was mada from the Rahr-
inrian plains while a second force again
~ oved M Tho Ticrts General Hr"d@
rick STANLEY Mauhe was in command OF.
,bs neU ran,raiSr and was nnoffl"lallT
reported 70 have I2o.hHh men ~ ms diS'
,osal Tho enact com POSITION and nnn'-
hers nf tho British forces have. how
.vnr. never boon official" mad" pnh'r'
From, rho tir,n of tho opening Of tho
,ayc ran,raicn. tho British progress WAS
eteadv and unintsrrupt" and. in IFS last
nhasas. OF rcmarkahl" rapid''y. On
February "6 -nl-Anara was ZAP
,urAd for tho second time and several
thousand Turkish rr.isonnIr-T; . -, h"E Sn,
driven forward about 30 miles. and on
March s thc!r cavalry patrols We"
within few miles Of RaCdad.
Tho fall Of -Amara and 'hn
rand rrorress Of tho British toward
Ea gdad was tho signal ."r nh" r"n:Ea'
nf the Russian campaign I" me nr'h
\ Russian army advancing trnm Persia
;Cspturod Namadan and pushed $wifuy
forward in the direction re III" TiEr's
on Narrn the Russian irnons were
while another diversion was caused hT
rl. uuhnraIdsd advance Of A second Brit
,sh cxredition into Palestine from
Egvrt A. last rnrortS this forr" had
pushed within striking distance NJ J"rI-
81 lem. but tho mpagro oftlrial details
axe shed little light m ito ultinAi"
purpose and composition
Major General Frederick Stanler
Nauda tho "orqucror Of Ea Edad. rs 81
Years old and has had a distinguished
Sudan campaign IN 1881 and r""ciV"d
tho medal with clasp and tn" Khcdivr,S
star IIe served with distinction In m"
South African war. whcr" he won the
DISTINGUISHED service order and tNe
Queens medal with six clasps
Prior 10 taking command IN MeTpro-
tania he saw service in France. where
ia was wounded. was mentioned In dos
patches five times and created com
mandcr of tho Order nf Bath. From
I1a01 10 tao. no was military Serr"tar?
to tho governor general NJ Canada. and
later private secretary 10 the secretary
OF state OF war.
Eer1pRr Plans Unset.
(Frcn Il staff CORES nnud"u; of the
AsSociat ed PrcsSI
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