File 705/1916 Pt 2 'Arab revolt: Arab reports; Sir M Sykes' reports' [‎92r] (181/450)

BAHREIN.
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PART LI.
POLITICAL .NOTES FROM THE FIELDS OF OPERATIONS.
Ad 671 .
1 n ^ le Nden telegraphed on the 14th October [7377 G.I.] that the enemy had
S 16 6 n 1 ia ., l an Othman defences from midnight till 1‘30 A.M. : our casualties
^e r ® OLw [! ec an d three wounded. It was estimated that 250 rounds were fired.
Anotlier estimate was made later, but the telegram sent on the 17th October [7403 G.I.l
was incomplete : many of the shells were blind.
On the 16th October the G.O.O. telegraphed [7396 G.I] that H.M S. “ Lunka ”
naa reported that an aeroplane had been seen flying over Salif on the 13th October.
' ti'-i n0t cons i ( ^ er fb© report established. He added that on the 3rd
c o er drisi had told the political officer that the Turks had marched from Lahiya
to Lahej. ^
4 -- ^ ie ^ c I°ber the G.O.C. Aden telegraphed [7457 G.I.] that reinforcements
estimated at 950 Arabs from the Yemen arrived at Lahm on the morning of the
In his vveekly letter to Bombay, dated the 28th September, Major-General Stewart,
qi . 6 P es ident, speaks of a visit by the Kotaibi Shaykh to Lahej, which the
Shaykh said was to save his country from invasion, the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. getting no benefits from
it. ^ I he Resident says that this may be true, but the Shaykh derived benefits and his
visit is, fiom a political standpoint, a, feather in the Pasha’s cap. The Shaykh asked for
ms stipend, which has not been paid since March last, and was told that it had been
suspended pending investigation into his conduct.
PART III.
MISCELLANEOUS.
An Arab Newspaper for Propaganda Purposes.
General Clayton, having estimated that the initial expenses in connection with
such a paper would be 607, and the monthly cost 2007, the Foreign and India Offices
have each agreed to provide (1) half the initial expense, up to a maximum of 307, and
( 2 ) half the monthly cost, up to a maximum of 1007, for a period of three months, when
the matter will be reconsidered.
Arab Bureau.
The report for September says that considerable progress has been made with the
maps of Syria ; that Lieutenant Nalder, R.N.V.R., political officer of the Red Sea
patrol, has been instructed to make a special study of Yemen and Asir; that Colonel
Parker, at Rabegh, is in a position to gain valuable information about the country and
its people which will be reproduced in the second edition of the Hejaz handbook ; and
that Mr. Young, at Jeddah, is also collecting materials for this in his spare time. It
was also noted that Captain Ormsby Gore had been lent to the Bureau for the period
of the war, and that he would devote himself chiefly to arranging for the military
needs of the Sherif and in writing on connected history of Arabian affairs since the
beginning of the war.
Moslem Prisoners of War.