Petrograd, March 16.
Our operations in the Caucasus and our advance in Persia, in the past, were isolated. Now they both Pursue the same object, namely, to free Asia Minor from the Turkish fanatics inspired by Berlin.
Our success in the Caucasus has entirely upset the German plans for " campaign against Egypt, and Germany is now obliged to keep a strong army in the Balkans which she urgently needs at Verdun.
After the occupation of Kerind there are no more Turkish positions until the Hanekin Defile, after which there is full scope for our troops on the plain of Mesopotamia,
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