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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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neral Baratolfs force inPersia—not indeed, as already explained, toapproach or to capture Baghdad—but torelieve the pressure on Kut and the Tigrisvalley by threatening some part of the Turkishcommunications, and creating a diversion ontheir flank. This great service had been veryeffectively rendered, the Russian loft wing beingdangerously extended for th(! purpose, and nowthe release of the very considerable force thathad been besieging Kut and protecting Baghdadmade necessary increased vigilance andactivity on tho part of the Russian generals.Witliin a few weeks after the capture of Tre-bizond General Haratoff, advancing fromilainadan tlu-ough Kennanshah, had readiedKasr-i-Shirin, near the Turkish frontier, wluireIm foiifid himstilf confronted by a considerableTurkish force at Khanikin, on f he other sideof tho frontier and in tho direction of liaghdad.The situation at that time was very clearlyput by a JviiHsiari inilitary writcr, wlio, oven •2t)8 THE TIMES HISTOHY oF THE nAH,
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o>z o u uuz < Doa u en CD O u THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR. 269 after the Kut disaster, still clung to the ideaof an early British advance on Baghdad : The distance between Kut-el-Amara and Baghdadis about a hundred miles, roughly the same as betweenBaghdad and Kasr-i-Shirin, where our advance guard isat present. Our troops are now seriously threateningthe Turkish Mesopotamian Army, which has not suc-ceeded in bringing up its main reinforcements to Baghdad.The Mesopotamian Army, basing on Baghdad, is limitedill its manoeuvring, and cannot advance from Kut-el-Amara direct towards Khanikin. The Turks will have,therefore, to parry General Baratoffs energetic thrustby bringing up from their southern front via Baghdadthe forces which have been released by the surrenderof General Townshend. This will faciUtate the Englisliadvance along the Tigris through Kut-el-Amara onBaghdad. In reality General BaratoSs spirited advancewas no more than a demonstration, whichhad lost all its opportun

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