IN MESOPOTAMIA
BRITISH OCCUPY HIT MANY CASUALTIES SOUTH OF HILLAH. Keuter's Telegram. (Received October 13, 12.20 a.m.) DELHI, October 12. A Mesopotamia communique states; Eleven were killed and 49 wounded in the fighting south of Hillah. The enemy casualties were probably heavier. A thousand Arabs, who opposed the advance of the Hamawah relief co!umn : were routed. Our losses were slight. The British have reoeeupied the town of Hit, in the Upper Euphrates, without opposition.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10719, 13 October 1920, Page 5
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