File 705/1916 Pt 2 'Arab revolt: Arab reports; Sir M Sykes' reports' [‎200v] (398/450)

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APPENDIX (B).
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No. 1.
The Director of the Arab Bureau, Cairo.
I HA\ E the honour to submit my report on my mission to Jeddah A Iiq-i- ■i-n
, a , ln . aoc o r dance with instructions from his Excellency the High Commissioner T
left Cairo at H a m. on the 20th June, with El Mir Said Bey Ali, who was to take oA
the command of the two Egyptam batteries. I took with he 20,0001. in gold for the
the^h of Lord Ki t" ^ High Commissioner hnnonncW
officer. In accordance with instructions, I left the train at Ismailia, and thyeUed to
of tt p 1 m th j af * er “£°. n yth the Commander-in-Chief. I have already informed you
f th r u° j m i. mani ? er ' m '-Ch'ef s instructions in my letter of the 21st June " y
I had hoped to sail in H.M.S. “ Anne ” the same night, but owing'to the delay in
senamg thenfles the ship was unable to sail until 8 on the 22nd June. The
supplies and munitions which we took were as follows :—
3.000 rifles.
1.200.000 rounds small-arms ammunition.
15 dozen wet slabs gun-cotton.
1 dozen dry primers.
525 detonators No. 8.
504 safety fuzes.
6 maxim guns, with ammunition.
6 ten-pr. mountain guns, with ammunition.
Barley, 3,375 bags, or approximately 120 tons,
ougar, 135 bags, or approximately 6 tons.
Coffee, 225 bags, or approximately 6 tons.
Bice, 2,845 bags, or approximately 101 tons.
Flour, 5,736 bags, or approximately 358J tons.
quenttyWefat Port Sudan"" ^ ^ ^ Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ’ and Were subse -
nota^eat ptrthAV^f-foth 63,111 than 7 * knots ’ and we accordingly did
not arrive at J^ort feudan until 2’30 p.m. on the 26th June. ^
T 1 ii Colonel 1 Wilso ^ the Goyernor of the Bed Sea Province had o- 0 ne to
batteSs VhTs^r ly 5° r" 6 /, 1 ™gements for the disembarkatio Jof the
H MS ‘'‘Anne’’ sit Id f h T Pt, 0 " 1 * ab ° ut 4 ' 30 and decided that
“ Surada a shi^whCh k6 01 f b , oard 4 16 .“ountam-gun battery; that the steamship
fitted with stalls Should fortunately m port route to Australia, and which was
W ?, uld car P tl® maxim battery and the escort of sixty men • and
whth ha^'been W ar remainder ° f tbe wheat > cB‘lhedX,”
other two sh^^ereunaWe to ci^ laS * SUmmer > and a Vtbing else which the
to stulftheTfuiC e at me T 0 hT M - S A “ Aune ’’ his histructions from the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. being
Commaiher-L Wf rep ° rt t0 the Hi S b Commissioner and thf
obtain hiA ytews^* 6 “ being able t0 diS ° USS the Wh ° le situation with the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. and to
midd^xtTar H MS d ^^anibh^-WadV' 6 ’ Jeddah
washout on the Sudan Eailway, and did not arrive ^ ^ 40 &
thaf if crossing on H.M.S “Anne” a message came from E.I.M.S. “Dufferin”
t the bhenf wanted to divide the mountain battery, and send two guns with an
escort of twenty men to Mecca, and four guns and an escort of forty men to Rabigh
p 01 oonU ydson and Said Bey Ali were opposed to this, and on arrival Said
Bey was sent on shore to speak to the Sherifon the telephone. He returned with the
news that he had been unable to alter the Sherit’s decision, and that the latter had