MESOPOTAMIA
OPERATIONS AGAINST TRIBESMEN. ALL QUIET ON THE EUPHRATES. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) DELHI, May 30. Fighting against tribesmen in Mesopotamia continues. Indications are that the hot weather will see a recrudescence of activity. Things are quiet on the Euphrates where the Arabs were severely handled by our troops, helped by aeroplanes. There is a general feeling of insecurity. The latest reports from Bagdad state that a train was derailed by Arabs between Sharia and Baiji apparently at the instigation of the Government In Syria. Several lives were lost.
Attacks on convoys are occurring m the same district where hostilities are proceeding between two opposing tribes.
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Southland Times, Issue 18837, 2 June 1920, Page 5
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110MESOPOTAMIA Southland Times, Issue 18837, 2 June 1920, Page 5
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