Germans in Ankara admit that Raschid Ah, leader of the rebellion, upset their timetable when he decided to fight the British at the Very severe ting is' going on around Maleme and Canea in the plain between these two cities in Crete, state authoritative military circles in Cairo. The Germans continue to beginning of May, says a message from Ankara.
German aid to Iraq is small but the Germans suggest that Raschid Ah may operate at Mosul and carry on guerilla warfare to prevent the British from re-establishing communications with Turkey or massing troops on the Syrian frontier, The German aim, says the report, is 4o keep the British out of the oil lands of Mosul until the Germans are firmly established in Syria.
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