The Minister of War, with his German advisors, has lately prepared an armed force for an attack upon Egypt. The Mosul and Damascus Army Corps, since their mobilization, have been constantly sending troops south preparatory to an invasion of Egypt and the Suez Canal from Akaba and Gaza. A large body of Bedouin Arabs has been called out and armed to assist in this venture and some of these have crossed the frontier at Sinai.
Transport has been collected and roads prepared up to the frontier of Egypt, while mines have been des-
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