REBELS PREPARING ATTACK ON DAMASCUS
fIUkM II (.'KITH ALLY SHOUT Oh THvHH’S. Bv Tel. IT-, ss Assoc. Cupyiigiit. Svdimy iSun Caldc, JJcc Nuv (i, 8.5 a.in. London. Xov 1 The Ihniv Mali ■: 1 btm;.:cos cm1 slams l.hat 'I,OOO ivate eoiu'en i i alml iilTeen miles iolll }i ,• \ l),iinaseus with {lie view to aiyaekmg I lie mi } . Barbed win* entanglements am. Ba ndhab barneades are ])laced across e\ery .dieel. Sentries are cibdb ligni;: everyone. Fighting has already broken out in lire East€ri) musuiits. Tim ITeiicii arc ci'it.ii ml i v shori of troops and cannot bi cope with the situation until they have been greatly mill'd red. Meanwhile, they are raising Kurdish and oilier levies to defend the capita) which is practically eid oil' from the outside world. The rebels damaged Hie Hafa railway a few miles outside Damascus. The French have sent aeroplanes to bomb the attackers. The people, fearing a Christian massacre, are daily departing for Beirut, guarded by escorts of former brigands now' employed by (he French. The Aleppo railway is also attacked .
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9028, 6 November 1925, Page 5
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175REBELS PREPARING ATTACK ON DAMASCUS Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9028, 6 November 1925, Page 5
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