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ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[July 31.]
Section 1.
[30019] No. 1.
Mr. Marling to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received July 31.)
(No. 510.)
Sir. Constantinople, July 20, 1911.
WITH reference to Sir G. Lowther’s despatch No. 337 of the 17th May last, I
have the honour to forward herewith a despatch from His Majesty’s vice-consul at
Hodeidah, reporting that an end has been put to the operations undertaken by the
Imperial troops against the Imam Yahya in the Yemen, and that an expedition is about
to proceed against Seyyid Mahomed Idrisee of Assyr.
I 11H VP & f*
CHARLES M. MARLING.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Vice-Consul Richardson to Sir G. Lowther.
gj r ° ^ ^ Hodeidah, June 12, 191L
SINCE the events leading to the relief of Sana’a early in April last, as reported in
my despatch No. 23 E, there have been no military operations in Yemen proper worth
On^the 7th April, Lieutenant-Colonel Seyyid Bey who had advanced from faiz
with a force of six infantry battalions, one battery of mountain artillery (quick-firing
guns), two mortars, and two Hotchkiss guns, reached Sana’a, meeting with very little
' ,PPO Shor n tly afte^his entry into Sana’a, i.e., about the 12th April, W Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. despatched
Colonel Riza Bey with twelve battalions of infantry and six guns to the relief of Amran
then under siege, and which was reached on the 20th April, the rebels retiring nort i
with the advent of the above big Turkish force. Colonel Riza Bey has since returned
to Sfl/IlEl/cL
About the same time, General Mahomed Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Yah of Yemen and com
mander of the army corps, was sent with five battalions and four guns ^ e xpel t e
rebels from Irrh and Heima, where it is reported they had arrived with the object
again cutting communications between Menekha and Sanaa. i at v
g After an absence of nearly a fortnight from the capital, Mahomed Ah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
returned having failed to locate the rebels. •i-ri i xj "xu
Simultaneously with the above movements, Colonel Ragib Bey was deputed with
eight battalions and some guns to reoccupy all the military outposts in thedirect on of
Kaukaban and Taweela and to re-establish order in that P^. ^
the north-west of Sana’a. This he succeeded in doing, without any faght „
importance^! wh0| as has been already reported was sent at the end of
March last to the relief of El Hajjeh with a force ot nine mia y nracticallv
guns, succeeded in reaching the besieged town on or a assistance rendered
encountering no opposition from the Arabs en P'?"g ^J^ETilaheh
him by Sheikh IbSiim Cizi, who _ ly accompanied th«^^ S place
The local authorities ^ed some " them> ihe Arabs who We
shortly after its relief c [ s L^ h Ma 7 1S00r . e l.Karah, and Sheikh Shubani, three
under Seyyid Abdulla- el-Kholam, fetieiKU mansooi «i ’ Wv^tment of El Haiieh
of Seyyid^ahya’s lieutenants and who were
were severely defeated, losing heavily, and in retreating were
guns previously captured from outposts in t la -aza.^ fi its ranks were thinned
Although Seyyid Pashas army saw y Utl hg^ cholera broke out
materially through disease. In its advance a , .1 i n j i earll f rom a
amongst the troops at Kanaoos and accounted for fifty deaths daily.
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