| Show I 1 1 I 1 PUT ayno to I 1 1 BS I u U HT sm 0 turkish troops finally crush revolt in arabia constantinople feb ll 11 according to the statements emanating from turkish sources marshal ahmed fezi pasha commanding the turkish troops in yemen proceeding to fantt with a few prisoners and has announced the complete success of his expedition against tile the rebels nevertheless the operations against the important fortress at Sh akara which is occupied by rebels have been abandoned the besiegers leaving four guns beli behind ind on account of it a lack of transport facilities yusuf pasha was wounded during the assaults and riza pasha who formerly commanded the expedition but was superseded by marshal ahmed fazl pasha was killed the revolt in arabia has hag been of thirty thousand bedouins Bedou ins rose against the turkish authorities in the province of yemen turkish troops under ariza pasha were sent against the rebels but sustained a serious defeat four of their battalions being routed and later the garrison at hanaa the capital of the province surrendered to the hc bedouins Bedou ins after a long siege the rebels captured rifles and much ammunition at hanaa it was then that ariza pasha was superseded by marshal ahmed fezi pasha but the bedouins Bedou ins continued their successes in may 1905 the sultan sent a fresh force consisting of one corps each of cavalry and artillery and a naval squadron of two torpedo cruisers two destroyers and I 1 four ur torpedo boats to crush the insurrection which had spread to tho the province provan e of masyr and along the red sea to IlI djaz in july tho the turkish met with some successes at hanaa in operations opp rations begun by marshal ahmed feza pasha ant and in which the bedouins Bedou ins sufferer ferea suf suffered great looses and advices advises from constantinople september 28 said saia that tho the turkish troops coops had ente entered redl hanaa from which the rebels retreated 1 this practically ended the revolt I 1 the leader of the arabs was emir Mali mahmud mud haya and their hostility to the turks was on the contention that they were descendants of mohammed to and that the turks were only foreign invaders of their territory |
