SERIOUS OUTBREAK.
IN MESOPOTAMIA. TRIBESMEN ATTACK A TOWN. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received. Thursday, 10.10 a.m.) DELHI, Wednesday. A serious outbreak is.. reported in Mesopotamia. A party of tribesmen, led by Slierilian officers, attacked Tel Afar, seizing the Government buildings and killing all the Government officials, including two British officers. A number of the inhabitants "were also killed. The crews of two armoured cars who hastened lo Tel Afar next day are reported to have been captured and murdered. A punitive expedition is being sent from Mosul.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14140, 10 June 1920, Page 5
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91SERIOUS OUTBREAK. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14140, 10 June 1920, Page 5
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