Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1920 — PERIL BRITISH NEAR BAGDAD [ARTICLE]

PERIL BRITISH NEAR BAGDAD

Military Situation in Mesopotamia Said to Be Serious—Garrison Cut Off. Paris, Aug. 13.—The situation in Mesopotamia continues serious, says a Havas dispatch from Beirut British detachments on the Euphrates are falling back, adds the dispatch, and the garrison of Dlvanieh, situated on the right bank of the river about ninetyfive miles southeast of Bagdad, has been cut off.