"كتاب أزرق. برقيات أُعيد صياغتها" [و‎‎٤‎٠] (١٨٩/٧٩)

dispositions in directions of Masiriyeh and Kuraa and to
Barrett’s strength admits.
86 .
I have not yet as received your reply to my telegram of
6th and 5th February. The War Office have intimated tnat
they are unable to send reinforcements either to Aden or to
India until the situation on the Suez Canal is assured. Please
^therefore, let me know at once what action you suggest in case
the position in Mesopotamia necessitates the immediate dispatch
of more troops, an emergency which in my opinion is more than
possible. The need of prompt action was exemplified by the
course of events on the Karun for the Arabs would possibly not
have destroyed the pipe line or risen against us if we could
have sent up a sufficient force in good time.
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89.
All is quiet except in the vicinity of Ahwaz where our
Cavalry patrols inflicted some loss on Arabs to trie Forth-
west of Aminigeh - our casualties were 2 men wounded and
2 killed.
All quiet at Kurna. The Bawi tribe have been forced
back to Wais by tne levies of the Sheikh of Mohammerah
operating on the left bank of the Karun to the North of
Ahwaz. A gatnering of Arabs and Turks is reported at some 15
miles west of Shaiba and General Delamain with a force from
Basra has left to-day to disperse it.
91.
General Delamain is returning to Basra from a point 8
miles south-west of Shaiba not thinking it prudent to advance
further