Following the announcement of an increase in the British forces in Palestine, the Bedfordshire & Hertford shire Regiment and two companies of the. Hampshire Regiment arrived of Haifa yesterday morning by the troopship Vasna, while the Scots Greys made port in the afternoon in the troopship Phesus along with details of the Tank Corps.
It is announced that the two battalions selected to proceed from Egypt to Palestine are the 3rd Battalion, the Coldstream Guards, and the 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, One armoured car squadron, the lith Hussars, will also be sent from Egypt.
The only outrage reported yesterday occurred near Beisan, where a mounted gang, accompanied by others tion foot, attempted a daring daylight raid on a stockaded settlement. In the exchange of fire eleven Arabs were killed and three captured, and a British officer slightly wounded.—Reuter.
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