15 DECEMBER 1917, Page 1
General Marshall, commanding in l■fesopotainia, pursued the advantage which he
gained on December 4th in the Diala Valley, north-east of Baghdad, and drove the Turks northward Omagh the Jebel Hamrin range towards their advanced base at Kiln. The Russian troops from Persia again co-operated with us. General Marshall's cavalry is now far on the main road to Mosul, and the Turkish plans for a concentration against Baghdad have been upset.
