MESOPOTAMIA.
-4 OPERATIONS AGAINST AEABS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) and N.Z. Cablo Associ-tion.) LONDON, October 7. | A War Office communique states:— 1 Our relief column, moving on Straawah I has reached Darragi Station, 23 miles ! from the town. Reconnoitring aero- : planes observed "all well" signals from 1 the Kupa garrison, but the Arabs are 1 destroying tho railway line. ■ The rearguard of the column, marching towards Hillah from Bagdad was attacked at Malimudiyah, which is nineteen miles south of Bagdad, by insurgents, whom our armoured tram dispersed. SUBMISSION OF TBIBES. (Received October Bth, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 7. A Mesopotamia communique reports tlie submission of a large number of tribes in the Middle and Upper Euphrates districts.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16961, 9 October 1920, Page 9
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