FEISUL ROUTED
FRENCH OCCUPY DAMASCUS,
ttCSTRALIAN • NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
PARIS, '26th July. Advices from Beirut state that in consequence of the Shereefian regular troops attacking a small French garrison holding the pass from Chomh, en rpute {<> Tripoli, the French decided to occupy ■ Damascus, the advance, iipon which had been suspended conditionally npon the French forces not being attacked, 'The French, after a long fight, routed the Emir Feisul's forces in the mountains between _th Plains of Bokaa and Damascus, capturing nine guns and considerable equipment, Feisul's War Minister was among the killed. The French, whose losses were elight, subsequently occupied Damascus.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 23, 27 July 1920, Page 7
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102FEISUL ROUTED Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 23, 27 July 1920, Page 7
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