IN MESOPOTAMIA
ADVANCE OF RELIEF COLUMNS. Reuter’s Telegram. (Received October 8, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 7. A War Office communique states; Our relief column, moving on Suniawali, has reached the Darraji station, 28 miles from the town. Reconnoitring aeroplanes observed “all well” signals from the Kufa garrisons, hut the Arabs are destroying tho Kufanojed line. The rearguard of the column marching towards Hillah from Bagdad, was attacked at Mahmudiyah, which isninetcen miles south of Bagdad, by insurgents whom an armoured train dispersed. E U PHR ATEsf TRIBES SUBMIT. (Received October 8. 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, October 7. A Mesopotamia communique reports tho submission of a large number of tribes in the Middle and Upper Euphrates districts.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10716, 9 October 1920, Page 7
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