Egypt
RESULT OF THE SKIRMISH. UTTER ROUT OF THE ENEMY. [United Pkess Association.] London, January 27. The War Office has announced that General Wallace's force of British, Indian and Dominion troops advanced in two columns against the Senussi on January 23. The enemy attempted to surround them, and an action commenced at ten o'clock. The enemy at mid-day had been driven back to their camp and then retreated rapidly westward. We occupied the camp and burned 80 tents and the stores. The enemy numbered 3500, with three guns and four machine-guns. Ten Britishers and Dominionites, and eighteen Indians were killed and 27-1 men were wounded. One hundred and fifty of the enemy were killed and 500 wounded.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 45, 28 January 1916, Page 5
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117Egypt Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 45, 28 January 1916, Page 5
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