MESOPOTAMIAN MURDERS.
MOBE BRITISH VICTIMS, SMALL post OVERWHELMED. three DAYS' resistance. By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright A. and N.Z.—Renter. DELHI. Aug. 20. Captain Dregley, Political Officer, Captain Buchanan, Irrigation Officer, and two British sergeants., axe reported to have been killed at a post at Shabxaban. The Arab levies commanded by the British officers were also killed. The little force offered a gallant resistance against overwhelming numbers, and held out for three days, until their ammunition was exhausted. The Arab levies remained loyal to the end, and died fighting side by side with their British officers.
Lieutenant-Colonel Leachman, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, who was murdered by the son of his Arab host at Kufanaizta, was a famous British traveller. His game was a household word from one end of Arabia to the other. He performed brilliant service as a political officer from the beginning of the campaign.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17556, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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146MESOPOTAMIAN MURDERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17556, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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