A GALLANT DEFENCE.
WARFARE IN 'MESOPOTAMIA
(Per Press Association Copyright.) (Received Aug. 12, 8.55 a.m.) SIMLA August 11. Details are now available from Baghdad of the siege of Rumaila, which was recently relieved by a strong column. The garrison of Rumaila consisted of seven platoons of the 114 th Mahrattas and the 99th Infantry,' and 200 British civilians, who. had been working on the railway. These held out for three weeks on rations and ammunition dropped from aeroplanes into the Serai, which they fortified. The garrison further provided themselves by occasional sorties into the bazaars, which were made possible fby aeroplanes bombing the outskirts of the town and distracting the attention of the investing army while ,the garrison rushed the bazaars. A regiment of Sikhs made a bold attempt to relieve the garrison, but;the Arabs succeeded in cutting off 'the water from the canal, upon which the regiment depended. The Sikhs had to retire, suffering heavy casiialties. The Arabs finally fled on the approach of the strong column from Baghdad.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9291, 12 August 1920, Page 5
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