File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)' [‎31r] (61/620)

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25th July 1918.
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D^ar liir ,1^ginald Wi)igat4i t
Con si d Arabia light is shod in our luurav* socr^t
Agont»s lottos on tho oronts loading up to tho ro^capturo
of LAHTI sad tho #j action of tho Idrissian foreoo froa tho
Boni Jana region, as also on tho no tiros that aetuatod tho
Arab shaikhs to load tholr vholo*-hoart«d oo*oporatioa t thus
enabling tho Turks to bring off tholr eoup successfully.
It is common knowledge that since tho opening of
tho ports of X23X and JZZAtf to trade early in 1915 that
cararaas Haro used the routes leading through tho Boni lbs
and Vayidat country to their destinations in Turk!sh Yoa*n«
leary transit duos hare hitherto boon leried by YAMTA AL1
YKAWWAl^ UADI 1A1J and other Sheikhs by nutual consent,
oren whoa tho two first naaod chief tains wore act! rely
opposed to each other.
On tho occupation of LAHYA by SYY3B X3HZ31,
orders wore issued to despatch tho 'Kafilas* along tho
Coastal region through MkBL and L ASIYA, thus direr ting
considerable roronuos from tho hands sf tho sheikhs re
ferred to. This caused that to destdo sn tho re-capturo
of LAXZYA at all coots, and with this end in riow, AJBCBB
PASXA lABASh, the Chief sf tho Boni Jmmm, elans, whs had
boon a prisoner with 1M THA«mAJI for some months, was li
berated on his giring sn undertaking to enlist the support
sad co-operation of his trlbesaen*
In tho meantime, the Turks receired s supply of
men unit ion, son# maxims sad throe mountain guns from rANA f A,
and by bringing up to JBJBSL MILK thirteen other light piece*
from rariouo position in tho AB3 front, attained an oreri
whelming superlorily in gun power erer their opponents.
The retreat of tho Xdrl solan army from ABU JKALXB