DISAFFECTION AND DISORDER IN PERSIA.
TRIBESMEN ATTACK A BRITISH FORCE.
NATIVES DISPERSED BY BAYONET CHARGE. (Beceived September 13. 9.30 p.m.) Calcutta, September 12. Two notorious chieftains and 600 hostile tribesmen, attacked a «mail British force, occupying Bushire, an important seaport town in the Persian Gulf, on September 8 and 9. Reserves arrived and drove out the natives at the point of the bayonet. The cavalry charged the fugitives, causing severe losses. Our casualties are not yet fully known.
GERMAN INTRIGUE REPORTED TO BE RAMPANT.
SITUATION REGARDED AS CRITICAL. Times and Sydney Sua Services. London, September 12. Disquieting conditions prevail in Persia. The Government is apparently powerless to suppress the disorder. The gendarmerie has not been paid, and the members are dissatisfied. German intrigue is rampant. , The recent attack on the British Consul at Ispahan brought matters to a head. The situation is regarded as critical.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16022, 14 September 1915, Page 8
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