4 Many Dead And Wounded In Outrages; Irish Guards Arrive From Egypt Haifa, July 11.
APORTS from the whole of ni northern Palestine indicate a wave of unprecedented terrorism i in that district, where six persons were killed and over a dozen wounded in the last 18 hours. A
British officer and soldier were wounded in action when a patrol engaged a large gang of rebels between Haifa and Nazareth. A Jewish supernumerary constable was killed and two others wounded in' the same engagement.
The Ist Battalion Irish Guards arz rived at Lydda today from Egypt.—Reuter, Jerusalem, July 10.
Fears for large scale retaliation by Arabs mounted as one Jew was killed and 43 were wounded today when bombs exploded in crowded buses.
Every possible precaution of preventing further outbreaks were taken by the British authorities who believed that the present terrorism would result in heavier casualty tolls than the widespread riots, of 1936.
The rioting throughout the week caused a death toll of 65, while more than 200 were wounded. More than 75 per cent. of the dead and wounded were Arabs.
Because of this factor, the authorities expected Arabs throughout Palestine to take retaliatory measures which would likely lead to serious outrages against Jews in out-of-the way districts.
Thirty-one Jews were wounded at Haifa when bombs were hurled at two buses crowded with Jews. One Jew was killed. Several of the wounded were given little hope of recovery.
Another bomb claimed ten casualties while an explosion near King David Hotel in Jerusalem injured two Jews, A bomb was found in front of an Arab cinema theatre and removed by the police,
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