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Show ITALIANS Turks Slaughter Three Companies of Light Infantry Malta, Oct 27. Tho Italian reverse at Tripoli on Octobor 23, according to steamship passengers Just arrived here, amounted almost to a rout An Italian outpost, during a reconnaissance, reconnais-sance, encountered a Turkish outpost which retreated. Tho Italians follow- ed and found therasehes suddenly attacked at-tacked on all sides. The companies of Bersasliers (light Infantry) were totallv annihilated. annihi-lated. Several officers were made prisoners, mutilated and hanged. The return of the rest of the Italian Ital-ian force canylng many wounded, ( said to bo seon hundred, caused excitement ex-citement among the Arabs of Tripoli. They attempted to revolt 'firing many-shots many-shots and wounding many Italians. Tho attempt was soon quelled and hundreds of Musselmen were shot London, Oct 27. Four hundred Italians Ital-ians were killed or wounded In tho fighting around Tripoli on Monday and Tuesday, according lb a newB agency dispatch received hero today from Tripoli, which escaped Italian censorship. The situntlon at Tripoli, the dis-pRtch dis-pRtch adds, Is serious. European residents res-idents fear a massacre, asa holy war has been proclaimed bv the natives. i. |