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File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’ [212r] (301/340)
The record is made up of 1 item (168 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1924-7 May 1925. 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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13. At 1050 hours the 3 D.H.a’s having been reloaded
with bombs and ammunition, left Amman and were over the enemy
at 1130 hours (five minutes after the armoured cars had broken
off action). The enemy were again attacked with bombs and
machine guns. At this time they were a complete rabble,
moving B.8.B. with all speed.
At 1150 ho^rs Squadron Leader J.H.D’Albiac landed
beside the armoured cars arid ordered Flying Officer H.H.
Thornton to return to Zissa.
At 1210 hours the 3 machines landed at -amman.
14. At 1120 hours 2 Bristol Fighters, Pilots, Squadron
Leader Hunter and Flying Officer Collingwood, passengers
Group Captain MacEwen C.k.G*> D.o«0.» and Amir Liwa Peake
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Commanding the Ar&o Legion, made a reconnaissance of
the scene o*' the action, landed at 1230 hours beside the
armoured cars which were then approaching .oiza, and 5lying
Of icer Thornton was ordered to move his section to Amman.
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15. At 1415 hours the armoured cars arrived at Amman.
16. during the morning a wireless message had been sent to
Headquarters, Palestine Command, asking that 1 section of
armoured cars, which were already under orders, should pro
ceed to Amman at once, also 1 flight oi Bristol Mghtera.
17. At 1150 hours the Flight of Brietols arrived and at
2030 hours the section of armoured cars arrived.
16. At 1430 hours one D.H.9a, Pilot, ilight Lieut. S.H.
Wallage and 4 Bristol Fighters, Pilots, Flying Officer
Bousefield, Flying Officer Falconer, Sergeant Tosteven
and Sergeant Rogers, left Amman to harras the retreating
Wahabis with machine guns. They came in touch at 1530
hours, 40 miles east ot Ziza.
During this action all machines were hit by rifle
fire and Bying Officer Falconer and L.A.C. Ross, machine
gunner in another machine were wounded, 'lying Officer had
to break away from the formation and landed at Amman at
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Correspondence and other papers concerning a Wahabi [Wahhabi] attack on Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan (or Trans Jordan [Jordan]) in August 1924. The papers cover: initial reports of an attempted raid by Wahabi troops on Amman on 14 August 1924; the repulsion of the attack by British ground and air forces; Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] protest at the British action against Wahabi troops, and the British Government’s rebuttal of this protest; discussion concerning the precise location of boundary between Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , Hejaz, and Najd, with particular reference to the towns of Akaba [Aqaba] and Tebuk [Tabuk], and the Ma’an vilayet; a sketch map of the boundary, illustrating an 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. note written by John Percival Gibson (f 104).
The item’s principal correspondents include: the Assistant Under Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, John Evelyn Shuckburgh; the Foreign Office; the Air Ministry; the Chief British Representative in Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , Charles Henry Fortnom Cox; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Francis Beville Prideaux (through whom the British Government corresponded with Ibn Saud); the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery.
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- 62r:71v, 74r:74v, 80r:132v, 134r:223v, 226r:226v, 228r:229v
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