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Show tacked the troon simultaneously at ' all statlonR north of Maoan. They were HucceBeful at every point, completely annihilating the troops, capturing sixteen field puns and Wiling many of the Turkish railway- employes. The victorious revoltors then moved mov-ed on El Kerak. a town of about 2.000 Inhabitant. located twenty miles cast of the Dead sea. Here, too they were successful. They massacred the governors gov-ernors and their families, looted and burned the government bulldlnga and robbed eight American tourists. Tho latter suffered no personal injury, however. It Is asserted the Christians and their buildings were spared. The garrison gar-rison at El Kerak, consisting of a full battalion of Infantry, is blockaded in tho castle, awaiting relief from Damascus. oo BEDOUINS DESTROY A REGIMENT OF TURKISH TROOPS JERUSALEM. Dec, 14 An English man. who was an ey-witness to S',mo i scenes of the uprising, brings a do tailed account to this city. Several companies of trcop?. ho said, had been fent out with field guns to disarm dis-arm the Bedouins. ' The troops scattered in small companies com-panies among various tribes In the district eapt of the Jordan, where Lihe j revolt broke out. I The revolt was carefully planned ' and executed. The Bedouins were led by Chief Mejllla of El Kerak. whose father was a desert chief of International Interna-tional prominence. The Bedouins objected ob-jected to the dibarraament program, I planned an armed resistance and at- |