THE MULLAH A FUGITIVE.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3938, 21 February 1920, Page 2

THE MULLAH A FUGITIVE.

VLXL OPERATIONS OF THE

AVIATORS

yi.y Electric Telegraph—Copyright./ lAust.-N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Feb. 21, noon).

London, Feb. 18. The Air Ministry, in a report describing the svork of the Air Force unit svhich assisted to break tho Mad Mullah's;yosver m Somaliland, mentions thaji one aeroplane was fitted as, an aerial ambulance for a stretcher case svith an attendant.

The preliminry operations Included the preparations of aerodromes and advanced landing grounds. Aeronlanes from Berbera effectually, began the campaign by bombarding the Mullah's headquarters at Medishi, 200 miles distant, and also Fort Jidati, on three successive 'days. The machines descended to a low altitude and in dieted heavy casualties on the fleeing Deririshes. svho scattered.

Alter this the military continued the advance according to plan. It is ascertained that the Mullah narrowly escaped the bombing. His umlt was killed alongside him, and the Mull ills Mothes sscre singed. lh Vu I 1 one iitei on tsvo occasions 1 k ded -and dispersed the Mul--1 ill s naitv

Ihe Mullah, wiili only /0 horsemen, was last heard ot escaping tosvards fin In lull terntois \ lln An I one*, opeiations have reduct 1 tin Mull ih from a strong parts m the land to i tugitis-e, and the nunc!- ot the l'lotiiterate Govejnm nt toi 17 scais, .if nn expenditure ot millions, is noss dealt svith at a minimum cost