300 Iraqi Prisoners Taken at Falujah
LONDON, May 22. As a result of the capture of Falujah on May 19, the British have taken 300 Iraqi prisoners, including 27 officers, and quantities of stores and equipment, says a communique issued to-day by British Headquarters at Cairo. On the same day, the British force* also took H2, a post on the oil pipeline some 25 miles north-east of Rutba, capturing all the garrison. An Iraqi communique states that ft fierce battle is still in progress at Habbaniyah.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 122, 24 May 1941, Page 7
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