SUDDEN ATTACK
INVASION OP HEDJAZ.
TWO TOWNS SEIZED.
A DISHONOURABLE SULTAN".
(Received 9 a.m.)
CAIRO, Nov. 29.
The Sultan of Nejded, South Arabia, who is attacking the troops of the King of Hedjaz, has captured twotowns and is approaching El Tarcf; this despite the fact that Britain recently gave the Sultan a subsidy of £60,000 on condition that he refrained from attacking Hedjaz or Irak.
The King of Hedjaz is hastily arranging a counter attack, using aeroplanes which Britain sent recently.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 1 December 1921, Page 5
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