TRIPOLITAN BATTLE.
ITALIANS ROUT ARABB. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING. ENEMY ANNIHILATED. ALL THE LEADERS KILLED. Times-Sydney Sub Special CabU. Tripoli, January 4. The Italian forces have defeated a force of Arabs armed with 2000 .'r vscrt, and 'strongly entrenched ". r. 6 tlicult position. i ' . c i hbc fighting was hand to '■"in. •ce x nemy was an*'hilated as ? .-ifchSng force. Tat leaders were killed, and all the arms and ammunition captured as a result of the victory. The road to Fezzan has been opened and the district pacified. TF£ PROVINCE OF FbZZAN. Fezzaa is a district souUi of Tripoli, in the middle of the desert, and is formed bv a. number of oases. It is said to comprise about 100 towns and villages, or inhabited oases, which are fertile, especially in palms. It is inhabited by Tuaregs, Arabs. Mocrs, and Negroes. The province abounds also in salt lakes, and is the seat of pernicious endemic malarious fever.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15500, 6 January 1914, Page 7
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