BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMIA
COLUMN ENTERS SAMAWAH. AFTER STUBBON RESISTANCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Heceived October 17, 5.5 p.m. DELHI. October 15. A Bagdad message states that a column returning on the 13th halted two miles from Samawah station, and encountered stubborn opposition. Samawah was entered, and relieved on the morning of the 1 sth. ANGLO-INDIAN SUCCESSES. 'Australian and X.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 18, 12.-55 a.m. LONDON, October 17. A War Office communique says that the 2nd East Yorks and Ihe l.'ilh Ragputs, stormed three successive lines of rebel defences westward of Hillaii. Low-flying aeroplanes effectively bombed and machine-gunned the enemy.
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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14494, 18 October 1920, Page 5
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