ADVANCE ON MECCA.
(Br C»BI.E— P*MS ASSOCIATION"— COPTKIOKT) (AUBTEALUK AKD K.Z. CADt-K ASSOCIATION) (Received September IG, 9.45 p.m.) CAIRO, September 15. Tho Wahabis have captured Taif, CO miles distant from Mecca, whose fato is precarious. King Fcisul's Iraq troops arc attaching the Wahabis and hoping to create a diversion in favour of King Hussein (of the Trans-Jordan territory), who is hoping that British troops will come to his assistance from Bagdad.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18180, 17 September 1924, Page 9
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