THE SYRIAN MANDATE
MINOR OUTBREAKS.' Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CAIRO, July 25. Although the Palestine and Syrian mandates as confirmed by tho League of Nations offered no surprise for either country, an anti-mandate outbreak occurred at Sonanda, where a body of Druses under the Sultan, Pasha Atrash,.. attacked a French cavalry column, killing two officers and seventeen troopers and capturing prisoners and material. Tho insurgents brought down a French aeroplane at Kasr Esrak. The popukoe of Djarond stormed a military post thoro and killed fifteen soldiers.—A, and N.Z. Cable. [The French troops in Syria are under the command of. General Gouraud, an able and experienced soldier, who may be expected to deal energetically with any disorder.]
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Evening Star, Issue 18031, 27 July 1922, Page 4
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115THE SYRIAN MANDATE Evening Star, Issue 18031, 27 July 1922, Page 4
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