'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [‎68r] (140/212)

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’ersian
ernors
troops
lation,
ble to
jle in
at the
500 to
n des-
Darya
so dis-
ie 700
ravl,
:s are
i with
e how-
ie as a
In the
'angis-
n each
of sup-
itistan
d: and
rourd-
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uld be
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few of
hole it
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is in^ro»ml)le tint a senes of rapid movements into (lie distriet
woiild ever fie opposed by more than 500— 6110 men, and that only
if they had received ample warning of the movement and had
time to collect. • • " ' ' -.it
An invasion pf Dashtisttiia miglit under the same eircum-
s*a ces.be opposed by 2 S 000 men, but, if the Tang stan s had first
l e -n dealt witli and were not in a position to join in, it is unlikely
that so lan;<‘ a number would ever be got together.
I lie tactics employed bv these men are to Hold trenches and
sangars, but if resolutely attaekbd they do not wait for the encmv
to get eipse, up. I'liej^are adep ts at taking cover some say they
are fairly good shots. They hang on the Hanks of an advanc
ing cohmni and harass it with long;range fire without ever allow
ing their enemy to come to close quarters. Once. :thQh; v llages
are seized and .th^dr country over un the.t resistance collapses
almost immediately.
There is a great scarcity of ammunition in these districts.
Khamseh .—The follow mg represents an approximate esti- ?;
mate of the number of fighting men of the Khamseh tribes :
Tribe.
■n—•—^ .
Tufangeh's
(armetl:
footnien).
Sov/ars^
Total
t‘<d:til!g
men!
‘ "'TT v m.
Arabs ..'
..
8,150
’Ainalu
o
o
100
goo
Bah ari d
1,000
5C0
1,.'00
Baserl ..
3,500
Nafar ..
••
200
Total
... j 14,150
• Although this number represents the total number of armel
'*g met'. 1 lie. A re. I s eueld not maintain in .he ibid at anv
one time more than about 3,(300- 4,000men. h. 1911 when the
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