ملف ‎٣٦٦٥\١٩٢٤ الجزء ٣ "الجزيرة العربية:- الوضع ١٩٢٤. الهجوم الوهابي على شرق الأردن؛ حدود الحجاز-شرق الأردن." [و‎‎١‎٩‎٧] (٣٤٠/٢٧١)

praytr was said at tha latter plaoe and the Army
advanced shortly afterwards in three columns* One
column went to Kastal, one direct to Umm 21 Axaad and the
third to Teneib and Leban and thence to Yaduda* The Head
of the adranced guard crossed the Railway a quarter of
an hour before sunrise t cutting the telephone wire on the
way*
(d) A number of two poled white canvas tents were
carried) some say 150 while a man captured by the
Wahabis and later released states that he saw only about
70 pitched at Xmeria* Those tents were issued by the
Sultan*
(e) At Xmeri the Commander asked who the soldiers
were that had been killed and was Informed that they
were English soldiers under the command of an English
whose name he was told correctly* he at once called in
his Captains and said that no Aeroplanes or Cars or
English were to be attacked* that oldjaen* women and
children were to be spared but young men were to be
killed*
(f) The Sultan Issued ammunition to the Army in
some oases individuals apparently drew from the Govern
ment in other cases a box or two were issued to the
Captain of the Party* Ammunition does not seem to have
1 be*n rery plentiful some getting as rcany as BO rounds
while others receired so few as four. Some of the
rifles were very antiquated and amongst captured arms
might be seen English, Turkish, Greek* Preneh* German
and Russian rifles. Greek were I believe the most
plentiful* then German the latter probably issued during
the war to the tribes of Shammar who, under Ibn Rashid,
sided with the Turks.
(g) An officer stated that he counted near 700
dead and X am of opinion that* allowing for the.usual
Arab