The Archive · 1916

The Egyptian Frontier

London, March 14.

An official telegram from Cairo announces that Major-General Peyton will occupy Sollum, on the Egyptian-Tripolitan frontier, today. The Senussi camp at Msead is reported to be unoccupied and no opposition is The Bedouins who joined Bayed-Ahmed are demoralized and suffering greatly from hunger and disappointment.

Sheikh Laweet has surrendered.

The headmen of the Awladali tribe are asking for pardon.

Starving Bedouins, with their families, are flocking into our lines for food and shelter, having been robbed and ill-treated by the Tripolitan Bedouins brought into Egyptian territory by Say-od-Ahmed.

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