Show Killed When Fre re reTurn ch j Turn Guns on Damascus LONDON DON May ay 20 A AP- AP A More ore than five hoe hundred civilians and about a hundred rebels an and tw twenty nt renei have been killed in a bombardment bom- bom ent by the French forces of ot II ba the quarter of ot the tho city of or I Damascus says a Do diSpAtch to the I hundred Dall Express Three houseS house were WE're destroyed confirmation confirmation con- con has been no While there whIch ot of the dispatch was dated May 9 It has occasioned surprise as Bit it was considerable troubles In the that the thought the and andI city between the J French rench Druse tribesmen had calmed earned down under the civilian administrations French rench high headed b by M. M Jouvenel commissioner for tor Syria The Tho latest dment bomba Is said to announced May Nay 11 have been that small affair In In- as a comparatively oL ini the deaths ue a ui t Druse rebels The trouble began May lay G 6 6 when French the Druse Drut e rebels t-ebels attacked military posts killing kUling or capturing twenty eight soldiers lit at Bob Dob Inthe In Inthe Inthe salla The raiders took refuge of ot southern section the or Damascus The French commander ordered a bombardment of ot the quarter after giving the Inhabitants an hour to get got outside the range of Either few tew people took advantage of or the opp opportunity or or the time was wai u insufficient shells bullets or falling houses killing more than six hun bun hundred hundred and dred persons including women children Before the bombardment French tro ps surrounded the quarter quarter ter which had Inhabitants They demanded that the Inhabitants surrender the rebels The Tho Inhabitants said that the they unable to were ere without arms and comply but Invited the French to come In and capture the rebels Because the rebels reUels were barrIcaded barril barrI cad ed the French commander thought that entry Into the the quarter would mean serious sacrifice t ro to his aMlI I r When the time was up the French opened upon l with twelve three guns four howitzers an ana and anda a dozen airplanes The bombardment bombardment bombardment bombard bombard- I ment lasted fifteen ho hours rs I General panic followed ved women and children ran aimlessly through the streets falling victims to houses houses' bursting shells or collapsing The he sky was overcast from smoke and nd dust The male inhabitants of th the q qUarter quarter ar I ter Joined the rebels In combating the French During the bombardment bombardment bombard bombard- ment merit rebels escaped through the French lines JInes Into tho open country and were joined by several hundred persons of the bombarded section who who- desired revenge against the French I |