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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12738, 6 September 1919, Page 8

During the recent rioting in Egypt one of the most sensational incidents was an attack on a British armoured train by over one thousand natives. A Canterbury soldier who was in the affair gave a “Star” reporter some details this morning. Prior to this the Nile delta had been patrolled by sixteen columns operating in concert along defined sectors, work which meant a good deal of hard riding for many hours at a stretch. Subsequently mobile ma-chine-gun squadrons were brought into action and the Australian and New * Zealand mounted troops were able to take things more easily. It was at this stage that the rioters made a rush at the armoured train. First of all one band blew up the rails in front, while another crowd pulled up those behind- Then both parties joined up and advanced against the cars. The officer in charge deliberately gave them ■framing, but no notice was taken of his words. The Egyptians attempted to climb over the carriages and immediately machine-guns and pom-poms rattled along the full length of the train. In a few minutes hundreds of “Gippos ” were out of action and the affair was twee.