FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI
REBEL TRIBESMEN DEFEATED,
A THOUSAND MEN KILLED,
Reuter's Telegrams. ROME, September 8. (Received Sept. 9, at 5.5 p.m.) A column near Agilah, in Tripoli, moved against 5000 rebel tribesmen with five guns, directed by a Turkish officer. The fight ended in the defeat of the tribesmen, who left 1000 dead. The Italians are pursuing them.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17105, 10 September 1917, Page 5
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