Italian-Turko War
THE CAPTURE OK BENGHAZI. FOUR IR XDKKI) ARABS KILLED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Rome, October 24. Six hundred regulars and four thousand Arabs opposed the landing at Benghazi. Four hundred Arabs were killed, and it is estimated that a thousand were wounded. Nightfall favored their llight inland, and but few remained in the town, which explains the complete lack of resistance when the Italians occupied it. The damage done was not serious.
The Arab chiefs are tendering their submission. The report that the Christian missionaries at Benghazi were massacred is unconfirmed. HEAVY SHELLING. FOUR THOUSAND CASUALTIES. Received 20, 1 a.m. * Malta, October 23. Tripoli advices state that there was heavy shelling at Benghazi and much damage. The British Consulate was wrecked. It is reported that there were four thousand casualties, chiefly of inhabitants.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 107, 26 October 1911, Page 5
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135Italian-Turko War Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 107, 26 October 1911, Page 5
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