GARRISON AT RUMAILA HOLDS OUT AGAINST ARAB ATTACKERS
Plucky Work of Sikh Regiment. By Telegraph—Press Association—copyright Australian au^ N Z. Cable Association. Rec Aug 12,8.55 a.m.
Simla, Aug. 11. Details are available from Bagdad of the siege of Kumaila,which ' was recently relieved by a strong column. The garrison of Rnmaila consisted of seven platoons of the 114 th Mahrattas and the 99th In fanlry, and 200 British civilians who were woiking on the railway. These held out for three weeks. Their rations and ammunition were dropped into the Serai, which they fortified. The garrison, further provided them selves by occasional sorties into the bazaars, which were made possible by 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 for its water. The Sikhs had to retire, and suffered heavy casualties. The Arabs finally fled on
the approach of a strong column from Bagdad,
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7471, 12 August 1920, Page 3
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