DANGEROUS SITUATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3546, 6 August 1920, Page 4

DANGEROUS SITUATION.

PERSIA AND MESOPOTAMIA‘

ARABEY A'l"l‘.'-XCK BRITISH COLUMN

LONDON", Aug. 4.

A War Ofiice communique re»garding; Mesopotamia. sfates that a strong 81-i» rtish reconnoitriug column, pl°oeeeding. southward ‘from Hillah, was attacked and roughly hand7ed by tribesmen on. July 24:, buf. succeeded in eufiting its way back to: Hillah after smferring 3()0= casualties, losing :1 field gun, twelve machine guns, other matergal, and a.. large number" of Horses and mules.’ Disturbances in the Lower Euphrates: region continue. . ' The railway from Hil?-ah to Bagdad. has been cut several times. The gap» Lrison at Diwani has been \\'itlldl‘3lVL?.: to Ib-gali, which «the fiibesnlen unsuccessfully attacked on the 28th ult. There is no news of iihe garrison at Kufu, which is invested. _

CALE ON INDIAN RESERVE.

ALL OFFICERS ON LEAVE RECALLED.

DELHI, Aug. 4.

i After an attack on Hillah was re--pulsed the bodies of 159 attackers were collected. some wounded misoners and a large number of others, killed and wounded, were remo.'ed by tribesmen during the darkness_ 81i..ish casualties were under 20 wounded. In View of the dangerous situa'ii'on in Persia and Mesopotaxmxia, all deimobilised oflicers of the Indian Army "Reserve have been asked ts. volunteer for immediate active sel~v.ce. It is hoped thereby to raise a. culSSd(=l':lhle force. All Indian ofiiear:-, on leave in England have been recalls-l,

! THE KUFA GARRISON. LONDON, Aug. 4A War Office comnlunique‘states:’ Tho Kufa garrison" is still holding 01115Part of the town was afire three days ago. ‘ "'

I\I.»\.\‘(’E[ESTERS BADLY CUT UP.

LONDON, Aug. 4.

The Daily News says: The three hundred casualties in Mesopotanlia mentioned in yestel'day’s war ofiirze Vcommunique were inflicted on a battalion uf the Manchesters. practically all being ‘milled, including the commanding colonel. ‘A fresh division. has been sent. from India.