Springville Herald | 1938-10-13 | Page 2 | Fighting in Palestine is Now Spreading

FIGHTING IN PALESTINE IS NOW SPREADING JERUSALEM, Oct. 11 (U.P) . Fighting spread throughout Pale-tine Pale-tine today as British troops set up headquarters in the courtyard of the church of the Nativity at Bethlehem in a new drive to crush rebellion in the Holy Land. Seventeen Araibs have been killed and numerous Arabs and police constabulary wounded in scattered clashes during the past 24 hours. Near Beisan, 15 Arabs were killed in a battle with British trans-Jordan frontier forces. Capt. Seymour Evans was slightly wounded in the clash. An Arab was shot dead in Jerusalem Jeru-salem and a Jew seriously wounded. wound-ed. Two Arabs and four constables were wounded in two encounters near Nessziona. British Campaign Nineteen Arabs were arrested near Haifa and 33 in the village of Qubatiya where an Arab was tilled resisting arrest.