Britain Moves Indian Troops
f (British Official Wireless) | t (Received 3.0 p.m.) ’t I RUGBY, July 27. | I The War Office states that the | I despatch of certain troops at an | t early date from India to Egypt f f is a precautionary measure, and | I it is intended to increase the | T strategic reserve in the Middle ? f East. It is welcomed by the f I Egyptian Government. There is i | no intention of sending the troops | | to Palestine. t t A Bombay cable says that fol- f | lowing the despatch of Indian | | troops to Egypt, it is learned that | ? a batch of Sikhs and Mahrattas | i will shortly go to Singapore. It (f | is believed a large concentration | t of Indian troops will shortly be f * ? ? stationed at Fiji. ?
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Northern Advocate, 29 July 1939, Page 7
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