Bagdad, June 28.
The largest troop-carrying opern~ sion ever undertaken by" the Hoya 'Air Force "was completed to-day when nine planes' crammed wit fmsen" of the Ist Northamptonshire regiment arrived here from Typ.
The explanation of this unexpect~ Jed movement, which aroused. much speculation, is published oficial communique which says "As-Syrian oticers and other ranks (who fare British troops) have signified their desire to, be released fy0m further service, 'Therefore, it has been arranged that the Ist Nosthamnpton~ shire regiment be brought. by" air [from Egypt to assun the duties of the Assyrian' levies, 'When i hat been arranged to enlist Jother Tragis to replace' the Astyians, the "Northamptonshires. will return to Egypt"
One of Britain's little ware ended, at least for the time being, with the capture of Sheik' Ahm: of Barzan, a Kurdish, head-man in the Traq desert, who has continued for sometime to defy the authorities The British authorities decided. to take stern steps for his extinction and troops were sent by air from Egypt to the vicinity of the Sheik's stronghold in the desert.
'The operations of these troops resulted vin' Ahmad. being driven across the border into Turkey where Turkish officials arrested—him.—Reuter. to locate the wreck of the sunken The Egypt was sunk in a collision off the coast of Ushant in 1922 with loss of 87 lives,—Reuter.
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