RAIDS IN PALESTINE.
BEDOUIN AGGRESSION.
BRITISH RETIRE FROM TOWN.
AIRMEN RESTORE SITUATION. Ey Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Reed. 12.30 a.m.) CAIRO. April 27. Two thousand Bedouins attacked Samakh. south of Lake Tiberius, in Palestine. There were a few police casualties. A small British force in the town withdrew. According to the latest reports the situation,is well in hand, Aeroplanes participated. Officials express the opinion that it is purely a local incident, and a development of raids in which the Bedouins are looting sheep and cattle.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 5
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