File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎468r] (290/633)

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the 24th ebrusjry for liujjaxyieen route to ufailie. It
le hoped to strength.;!) this force with about another 2,000
Jhafafi* from the adjacent districts and to utilise it in
the eontempl' ted attack on .ahej, It i. ejected that this
army will operate from the direction oi l-^aroha.
Jaudet bey infoiwied th^t Gyyed Ali intended to deacend
on h-hej Tory shortly via Mavia, and that he is valtini; ,
consignment of flour from Verlm. further that Ali dl-Kihd.d
with .mother Zeidi contingent will come dot* to Join dyyed
Ali’s forces, Jandat B«y waa offered a salary of dollan
a month for his services with the expeditionar} force re.
forred to*
There are at present 50; Zeidis at &aTie under dyyed
Haean el-Warith of J a.nax t
The remainder of the !ai« rmy is districted as
follov.s :•
500 men at Uddaln under iakdami Abdulla -aeed Al-
Jabri; 700 at Ibb under Syyed UuttahaT .a brother of ->yje4
'ahomed I bn :.1-Hadi, com only known as Abu .iaib); and 300
t ll&kb na in the direction of * l-Uraiah,
The guns at Tais consiet ofs-
4 antela, three of which were reoently roeov r-
ed from All Othm.m and the fourth from Hujjuryia.
2 Aov.itzers, 12.Bom. that were formerly at
Kr.via with iheikh 5 'ahomed Hasir Mu*bil.
4 Mountain guasi two ef thase wore brou^t
from Mavis where they were with kaslr Maqbil and the other
two came down from .ana with the ^akdaml Byyed Ali last
September*
2 ordinary mount.iin guns. Ihess were brou, ht
down from ana*
three of the seven maxims had been recover, d
All othman of Botha end tw. from :h.lkh Bahomed Ka.ir of
Ift&viai th« reraaining two ir * m
■he lm;JB has the following quantities of art unitien
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