CAPTURED BY ARABS
BRITISH OFFICERS’ PLIGHT. SIR. A. CHAMBERLAIN jS SON. (United Press Association—Copyright) JERUSALEM, July 20. Lieut. Joseph Chamberlain, son of Sir Austen Chamberlain, who is serving with the Transjordan Frontier Force, is reported to have been captured by Wahabis while on a pleasure excursion with a patrol in Hedjaz territory. INADVERTENTLY OVER BORDER. “REALLY COMEDY OF ERRORS.’ This .Day, 11.35 a.m.) ' ‘ LONDON, July 21. The “Sunday Express’ ’ lias been informed that Lieutenant Chamberlain was in charge of two Army transport cars last Sunday, when he inadvertently crossed the frontier, and was detained. A Foreign Office official told the “Sunday Times” that the land was all dlesert and there was nothing to mark the border. It *was really a comedy of errors, and there was no ill-feeling. An Amman message says that Lieutenant Chamberlain’s release has been arranged through diplomatic channels.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 238, 22 July 1935, Page 5
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