"ملف XXXVIII/٤ قصف صور. أكتوبر - نوفمبر ١٩٢٨". [و‎‎٤‎١] (٣٦٨/٩٢)

his compliments may conveyed to i\R. telegraph.and
disembarked at 11-30 a.m. and ±js went to A1 Gaid to see the
Council of Ministers. Mo guns were fired as salute for him.
At 11-45 a.m. a letter as received from the Council asking
the ship 1 s help in bombarding the fort of•the rebels as
A1 Said's bombardment was of no result and did not even
frightened them. There was a flag all the time on the fort.
The i'.A. sent a verbal message to the 7/uzara to the effect
that the firing was not enough and that they should persevere
in their action and contme their bombardment.
At 1-30 p.m. the P.A. and Captain TTalker went on board A1 Said
and the bombardment of the fort was strated at 1-45 p.m. and
16 shells v/ere fired. At 6-45 p.m. the h.A. sent his Funshi
to A1 Said to enquire about news and the result of A1 Said's
firing on the fort. The Tuzara said that ike two shells had hit
the fort and man who was a friend of the rebels had been
killed. The Sheikh of Arana had asked them to stop the firing
until he see the rebels and persuade them to surrender, xh
tkszxBL They have also received a letter from Sheikh Ali bin
Abdullah al ftamudah asking them not to fire until he see
the Fuwaris and try to make them to obey. The Xxjlx Wuzara
sent an answer to Sheikh Abdullah saying that they would
think over the matter and given a definite ansv^er m the
following day.
Thursday
25/10/23.
At 9 a.m. the P.A. v/ent on Al Said and informed the
Council that he has received instructions from the p.R. that
the Government has no intention to allow matters to remain at £
Sur in its present unsatisfactory condition and that they will
punish those who act against the orders of the Government. He
asked the Tuzara to bring the Sheikhs of Arana of Tuvaris on
board the Crocus m order to explain the facts to the.
At 12 a.m. the "^uzara sent a letter to say that the Sheikh
of Arama has come on Al Said but the Sheikh of Fuwaris has
remained ashore m order to give the necessary advice to the
rebels and asked F.A. whether he wanted them to come with