THE REVOLT IN YEMEN.
REBELS CAPTURE A TOWN. By TelccraDh-Press Association-Oonyriebt Constantinople, Juno 1. Tho rebels captured Abha, the capital of Assyr, Yemen, from the Turks. Syecl Idriss, one of the rebel leaders in the Yemen, began his attack on Abha in February last. At the beginning of March the Sheriff of Mecca went to the aid of th« town with a force of about 5000 men, and dispatched another 6000 under tho command of his son.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1144, 3 June 1911, Page 5
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