We must mention next, for its very curious significance, the
astonishing attempt of the German-led, or rather German-misled, Turks to reach the Suez Canal, and the brilliant fight in which they were heavily punished at only a slight loss to the British troops. 0n Friday week the Turks, who were about fourteen thousand strong, attacked an advanced position at Romani, twenty-three miles east of the Canal, and tried to envelop our southern flank. The British cavalry on our flank shepherded the Turks into the sandhille and shattered them. From British ships in the Bay of Tineh shells were poured on the Turks' right Bank. By dawn the next morning the badly shaken enemy were in full flight. Well over three thousand prisoners were taken during that day and the next, including a proportion of Germans, and the losses in killed and wounded are very heavy. The pursuit has been continued, and is only impeded by water difficulties. Englishmen cannot maintain themselves on the brackish stuff in the desert pools.
