The Archive · 1938

Green Howards in Car Wreck

Jerusalem, Oct, 22.

Two Coldstream Guards were Killed and three others wounded today 2 sniping guerillas in the old City took a heavy toll of British troops engaged in "mopping up" Arab re-dels, Meanwhile, sniping and guerilla operations " continued unabated: throughout the Holy Land as British troops methodically continued their work of wiping out resistance. Just as the British troops began to redouble their offensive in retaliation for the killings, reports trickled in from Nablus that four members of the Green Howards were injured in motor-truck wreck on the highway near Nablus. The Green Howards were formerly stationed at Shanghat, "United Press.

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