BATTLE IN DESERT.
FIFTY REPORTED DEAD. JERUSALEM, Jan. 20. An unconfirmed report states that a serious desert battle in which at least 50 were killed, was fought between two Bedouin tribes near the frontier of Iraq and Transjordania as the result of attempted cattle-stealing. MERELY MANOEUVRES. Received January 21, 10.55 a.m. JERUSALEM, Jan. 20. An official has stated that the desert battle was merely tribal manoeuvres under a British officer.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19380121.2.122
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1938, Page 7
Word Count
70BATTLE IN DESERT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1938, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in