THE SEIGE OF SAKHARA.
DETAILS OP THE AFFAIR. Received Maroh 14, 8.48 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE. Maroh 13. Further particulars respecting the recent siege of Sakhara, in the Ye men province of Southern Arabia, the town being in the hands of the rebellious natives, show that the Sanna's population numbered from 17,000 to 20,000. During the siege all the cats and does in the town were eaten. Both the Arabs and Turks resorted to cannibalism. One Turk admits that he killed and ate three Arabs.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7986, 15 March 1906, Page 5
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83THE SEIGE OF SAKHARA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7986, 15 March 1906, Page 5
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