File 3300/1916 Pt 3 'Aden News-Letters: 1919-20' [‎397r] (148/633)

The following is a sumi tary of tha news report**
eince the despatch of my last letter dated 16th July IfJSC,
IlhJMA *
In ay last letter I referred to the reported
despatch of 20CC laaa*8 solaiers well prorided with
rations and medical and other stores to Jebel Reima*
It appears fro* this weel^s reports from Ho del da that
these troops are still in Sana* Sheikh Ali 1ikdad af
Anis f who has promised the Imam to recover Jebel Jura
for hi* f was to start with these men, but the expsditicn
had to be postponed owing to the sudden advance of Bin
Baud on the Yam*
The movements of Bin Baud are causing uneasiness
jat Hana and the Imam is said to be entirely occupied in
strengthening himself against a possible advance of Bin
Baud towards Lana* Cne ft&qib Abdalla x?alwa 9 a merchant
who lately arrived here bearing letters from the lakil
ijheikh| Y&hia bin Yahia Ash»Bhayef # states that pc^ee
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negotiations have started between the Imam and the Idrlsi
through n go .between* I have received no confirmation of ^
this story*
71ghtin£4fts reported to have taken place in Jebel
Keima between bOC men of Hheikh All l ikdad ;jid 40C I^riii
men # in which the latter were defeated end had to ret *
to Shutaba owing to the shortage of am- unition. Both side/
suffered heavy casualties* I jB
It is # however f not clear when and from where these