FRENCH IN SYRIA
OPPOSITION TO OCCUPATION. SERIOUS FIGHTING REPORTED ROTH SIDES SUFFER SEVERELY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 15, 1.5 a.m. CAIRO, Jan. 12. The latest news from Syria shows that the situation is exceedingly grave. There has been serious fighting between French, and Syrian volunteers at Maygun, where the casualties on both sides were 'heavy; also at Tallkalakh, where the French troops are reported to have suffered severely. There has also been fighting at Alexandretta and other places along the line of demarcation of the French zone. A National Defence Committee has been formed at Damascus for enforcing compulsory military service on everybody. The committee has issued a manifesto against all foreign intervention. Women are enrolling as combatants.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14264, 15 January 1920, Page 5
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