UNREST IN MESOPOTAMIA.
(By Cable.) BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS. I SIMLA, August 15. Reinforcements have been sent to Mesopotamia, consisting of three infantry brigades) each containing three Indian battalions, one field artillery and the usual auxiliary troops. DELHI, August 16. The authorities at Bagdad sent search parties to the homes of extremists who are blamed for the recent trouble on the Euphrates arid the flood of propaganda. (The police failed to, effect arrests, owing to the action of the crowds, who also fired on reserves lending the police assistance. Eventually nine men were arrested. The rioters lost six killed and 12 wounded. Later a company of the Bhopal Infantry arrived and swept the town fron> end to end. There have been no further disturbances. The town is quiet, and the military are taking precautions against further outbreaks.
Bagdad advices state that the situation on August 15 between Hilleh and Bagdad had improved. Our forces occupied Museyib on August 16 and Hindiyeh on August 15, thus restoring the situation in this aTe«. There is po news from Mosul owing to telegraphic breakdown.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3467, 24 August 1920, Page 24
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