RAIDS IN MESOPOTAMIA.
HOSTILE ACTS BY ARABS. A. and N.Z. DELHI, May 31. Fighting against tribesmen in Mesopotamia continues. The indications ore that the hot weather will see a recrudesccnco of activity. The situation is quiet on the Euphrates, where the Arabs were severely i handled by our troops, helped by aero- ! planes, but there is a general'feeling of insecurity. Latest reports from Bagdad state that a train was derailed by Arabs between Sharza and Baiji, apparently at the instigation of the Sherifate Government. Several lives have been lost in attacks on convoys occurring in the same district. Hostilities between two .opposing tribes aro reported.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17486, 2 June 1920, Page 7
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