Egypt.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 85, 16 March 1916, Page 5

Egypt.

_ —;(;;. ;;j; OPERATIONSIN " I ; ■ ■ '■ ■' v , : | T"T— ■, '-■ [Vi -i tv f.’,, J < OCCUPATION OF SOLLUM.i' 1 QOI.LAPSE OF BEDOUIN OPP.OSI? : 'r ' Vi6n. •* 4 » ,?•> *}'; Lh i | Unitip Pbkm Association.] ■ (Received 8, a.m.) London, March 15. Official. —Our forces under General Peyton trill octtupy -Bolhun-to-day>' The - ■ Senussi’s camp at Nisead is reported to bo unoccttf&tK Apposition is - J not expected. The Bedouins who joined Sayed Ahmed’s forces are: demoralised, and are suffering greatly from hunger ahd disappointment. The leading Sheiks at Harum surrendered, while the headmen of the Anladali tribe are asking for pardon. Starving Bedouins with families are flocking into our lines for food and shelter, having heen robbed and ill-treated by the Tripolitan Bedouins, wEb entered Egypt under Sayed Ahmed.