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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎189v] (387/834)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (411 folios). It was created in 1917-1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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underoroimd water-tank, one culvert o£*fifteen foot span 400 yards
south of station, and two bridges of seven and eight arches
respectively partially destroyed about 4,000 yards south of
Jerdun.”
This account should be compared with page 169, as it
supplements and corrects in several particulars the account
given there.
“On May 17 Arab regular troops again attacked Jerdun.
Turkish communications having been restored with the north
and it being apparent that reinforcements had arrived, it was
feared that, unless the line was again broken, the Turks would
be in a position to undertake offensive operations against Semna.
The reinforcements brought the garrison of Jerdun up to about
400 rifles with several machine guns and two field guns. The
attack, though carried out with much bravery, was unsuccessful.
The leading Arab troops, commanded by Rashid Ali, a Baghdadi,
got into the station and took a field-gun and eighteen prisoners.
A large number of Turks also held up their hands, but on these
being approached, heavy machine gun fire was opened on the
Arab troops from a rear trench which had not surrendered,
and quantities of bombs and hand grenades were thrown:
practically all advanced troops were killed or wounded. Rashid
Ali and six officers and twenty-three men were killed and 101
men were wounded. All of those who fell into Turkish hands
were reported to have been instantly killed but later this report-
was found to be untrue. At this juncture an armoured train
with reinforcements arrived from the north and the Arab
forces were compelled to withdraw. The Turkish losses were
estimated at forty ; and eighteen prisoners were captured.
Although the attack failed, there appears to be no doubt it
completely upset Turkish arrangements, and the reinforcements
originally destined for Maan are still hung up at Anazeh and
Jerdun.”
A less complete account of the above appeared on our
page 170.
“ On May 26 an attack by a force of regular troops supported
by two armoured cars was made on a fortified post halfway
between Maan and Jerdun, with a view to cutting the line and
destroying two high single-arched bridges in the vicinity. The
Turks evacuated the post before the attack developed, and
satisfactory demolitions were accomplished. The two bridges
were destroyed and about 300 rails broken. Enemy artillery
was active from both Maan and Jerdun, and, later a strong
m i an try counter-attack was delivered from Maan. This was
coin pietely broken up by the armoured cars who estimate they
in icted thirty casualties. After completing the demolitions the
ra s withdrew. Arab casualties: one officer and five men
wounded.
This operation is first mentioned on pajee 177. What comes
next has not been recorded in the Bulletin. ‘

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The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo numbers 66-114. These publications contain wartime, and post-war intelligence obtained by British sources. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘Arab movement’; the bulletins cover a wide range of topics and key personalities.

The volume contains the following maps:

  • A map of Central Arabia showing St John Philby's route from Uqair to Jidda 17 November to 31 December 1917: folio 103.
  • Sketch map prepared from RNAS photographs and reconnaissance by HMS City of Oxford of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mur February to March 1918 : folio 170.
  • Sketch map of Hejaz (1919): folio 317.
  • Tribal sketch map of the Hadhramaut ‘showing only tribes of fighting value’: folios 333v.

Towards the back of the volume is a small amount of correspondence respecting the distribution of Notes on the Middle East ; the Arab Bulletin was superseded by this publication. Copies of numbers 3-4 of this publication can also be found at the back of the volume.

Tables of content can be found at the front of each issue. A small amount of content is in French.

Extent and format
1 volume (411 folios)
Arrangement

The Arab Bulletins are arranged in numerical order from the front to the back of the file. The Notes on the Middle East follow on from the bulletins at the back of the file in reverse numerical order.

The subject 759 (Arab Bulletins) consists of two volumes. IOR/L/PS/10/657-658.

Physical characteristics

Condition: the edges of some of the folios towards the back of the volume have suffered damage to their edges due to general wear and tear. The affected folios are 389-390, 407-409, and 412.

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 413; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The front cover and the leading flyleaf have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 357-363 and ff 374-412 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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