REPRISALS BY AIR.
WAHIBI RAIDS ON IRAQ. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 14. The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Basra reports that the Royal Air Force has begun operations against the Wahabi chief, Feisel el Quaish, who raided border villages and slew all the males. The base of operations is Ur of the Chaldees, where more than 50 aeroplanes have been assembled from Basra, Baghdad and Mosul under AirCommander Higgins. They are now searching the surrounding desert daily for the marauders. Feisal's stronghold is deserted.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 81, 16 January 1928, Page 5
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