CLEARING WESTERN EGYPT.
BRITISH OCCUPY THE SENUSSI CAMP.
TRIBESMEN VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER.
(Received 10.15 a.m.)
.... _ LONDON, March 15. It Iβ officially stated that our forces under General Peyton will 0.-cupy Solium, Western Egypt, to-day. Tl* camp at -Msead is reported to De unoccupied, and no opposition is expected. The Bedouins who joined Say ed Ahmed's forces are demoralised, and are suffering greatly from hunger and disappointment. The leading Sheiks at Harum surrendered, while the headmen of the Auladali tribe are asking pardon. Starving Bedouins with their families arc «ockmg into our hnes for food and shelter, having been robbed and by the Tnpohtan Bedouins who entered Egypt under Say ed Ahmed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 65, 16 March 1916, Page 5
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