ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [و‎‎٤‎١‎٦] (٤٩٤/٣٧٩)

to the divisions of spoil, and quarrels over the composition of
the forces,
A report from a Smyrna a^ent, dated January 26, is to the
same effect * At Ul ® a superior Turkish officer pronounced
an Egyptian Expedition all bluff, and stated that it had been
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postponed to the end of 1916, The troops concentrated at
Kechan in December 1915 were ostensibly for Kgypt, under the I
command of Von der Dolts Pasha. But the 150,000 which left
Keohan during the month must, if the information above,be correct,
have been destined for Mesopotamia, Many other rumours hare
confirmed the belief that Kgypt is safe for the present,
mte recently, however, there seemed to have been some form
of concentration at Ml arieh. It has been reported, on uncert-
•sin authority, that there are 6,000 troops there, and that two