Basra, Feb, 21.
The arrival of a messenger with a request for permission to trade, accompanied by a threat that other-wie the Bedouin will take what is required by the edge of the sword, has shifted the scene of the exploits of Feisal ed Dowish, the leader of a large force of Wahabis who have. recen ly been making depredatory incursions across the Iraq frontier, to Koweit, in the north-west corner of the Persian Gulf, which is now threatened by the outlaw sheikh with 600 Wahabi camelry.
The messenger has been sent back by the Sultan of Koweit, defy-the raiders, and as the Sultan ig subsidized by Britain, H, M. S. Emerald has arrived at Koweit, where the population is under arm Meanwhile 2,000 Akhwan war-riots crossed the Iraq border on February 20 and attached an encampment at Jowarin, "60 miles south-west of Basra. The attackers ost 60 dead and 200 wounded, but the Jowarin casualties were heavier, and they lost all their cattle and flocks. Air Force machines from the base at Ur caught up to the Akhwans and dropped bombs among them, inflicting severe punishment, In' the course of the operations Flying-Officer Rolf Jackson of No. 55 (Bombing) Squadron crashed in the desert and was killed, Raiders Led by Feixal ed Dowish Feb. 22.
Tt transpires that Feisal_ od Dowish, the leader of a large force Wahabis, himself ted the raiders who crossed the Iraq border on February 20 and attacked an encampment at Jowarin, 60 miles south-west of Basra, His force was divided {nto three sections. Tha first two attacked the encampment, while the third, foraging alone, met two caravans, the first of which consisted of 25 camels accompanied by fifteen Subj tribesmen who, according to an Arab tradition, are descendants of medineval European crusaders, and are regarded as ly and arp The second caravan consisted of 40 camels and G00 sheep accom panied by 10 mon, The Wahabis fell on both caravans, killing all the mon and capturing the animals, and were about to attack a third caravan when British aeroplanes bombed and scattered them.——Reuter,
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