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File 705/1916 Pt 2 'Arab revolt: Arab reports; Sir M Sykes' reports' [25r] (47/450)
The record is made up of 1 item (245 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1918-24 Mar 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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APPRECIATION OF ATTACHED ARABIAN REPORT No. XXIII {New Series).
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Military Sititation iy Hejaz.
THE military situation in Hejaz is obscure ; the Sirdar’s telegram from Bern Suef
indicates a possible Turkish advance on Babegh and a decline in Aia mora , e 1,1
Bureau telegram of the preceding day (based on Yamlw information) suggests an
improvement in Arab moral and a Turkish retirement. It is very difficult to ™ua
a general situation when the information is coloured by the psychological circumstances
prevailing at individual points.
The Political Effect of the Operations in Sinai.
The evacuation of El Arish by the Turks, and the rounding up of the ^11 Turkish
force at Maghdaba should have some effect m Syria and Palestine. S^evente^
course cannot be expected to carry much weight with Arabs, unless they have reaso
to think we mean 1 business. However, the Turkish political position in Syria is
undoubtedly precarious, and if the Turks get it into their heads that there mfnctmn
between■ Great Britain and France m regard to Palestine, they mavthin». ^ 8 UM ?
to abandon it as an apple of discord, m the same way as they threw up the sponge ,
Salonika with the object of promoting the second Balkan war.
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Press Correspondence on the Sinai Operations.
Though the official communiques on the Sinai operations have been W,
Mr. Massey, the official correspondent, has contrffiuted someJ.SOO w 0 ,ds since^ A ^
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worth talking about.
Enemy Propaganda in England.
The Reuter telegram from Cairo is worthy of attention. For the sake of g
clearness it is reprinted here : EVncois Wino-ate
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AtoTed Darfuk' in puke recogmtion thereof it pleases me
to confer upon you the Grand Cordon of Mohammed i.
“The Sultan has conferred the same Order on the Egyptian Premier.
It would be important to ascertain exa^
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[898—22]
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This item contains papers relating to British military and intelligence operations in the Hejaz and broader Arabian Peninsula during the First World War. Notably, the item contains reports by my Sir Mark Sykes relating broadly to the Anglo-French absorption of the Arab Provinces of the Ottoman Empire after the War.
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