The Times history of the war (1914) (14577835930)

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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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th Infantryregiment, which promptly surrendered. Thehaul here consisted of an aide-de-camp, 20officers, and 232 men, with several machiite-gvins, the regimental records, and stores ami THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR 275; ammunition. The advance from ^lush wasat first equally successful, a whole Ottomandivision newly arrived from Europe abandoningits equipment and tents and retreating towardsDiarbekr. On the 17th, the day after thesestriking events, the Turkish bulletin, whichhad already admittsd fighting without anydecisive success for either side, spoke of enemy attacks in large masses which were all the way for a little to Ti-ebizond, a f^w milesnortli, but with the clearance of this district,the route was open and the whole district ofoperations put into direct connexion with,the sea over what was described as the best,metalled road in Asia Minor. So long asRussia retained command of the Black Sea,the possession of tliis road and of the port,of Trebizond would enormously simplify the
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RUSSIAN WOLNIJRI) TKANSPORTRDIN A BAKGE. fru.strat«*i. Kighi, an important junction ofroad and river between Erzinjan and Oghnut,wa8 takon on tho 18th, and a few days laterK^Ikifi, to tho north of Erzinjan, also cameinto Pvii.-tMian luindH. Th«j f;aptiire of .Mrirtokoliquickly followfxl, and left thf roafj clear for thofinal advance. Meantime, on the Trebizondrf>ad, OurnuHhkhano had followefl liaiburt,and with the occupation on July 22 of Ardasa,whero the routfj takr^H a Hharfj turn to thf»norih-eaHt in tho direction of Trf;bizond, thowhole of the road fiom Krzinjan wjih open.Th*) high groun<l near the convent of Jevizlik,where there wan a niount.nin pnsH betweenft,000 ;.rid 7,000 fc-h »ii(/fi. iiu<\ v^l,<•;• ■ lending fo very (■(,fif\i(<iitu. bullctiny- \)\<,<ki-<l task of mainttiiuing hei* armies in WesternAsia Minor. From this time forward even tlut Turkishbulletins cease to speak