The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . Turks in that area withdrew niya might be brought more closely into the sphereof British influence and that pro-Turk sympa-thizers might be expelled. . Meantime, thedevelopment of the Hilla area has proceeded hundred tons of seed grain have beenplanted, and to assist in bringing the harvest intoBag
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . Turks in that area withdrew niya might be brought more closely into the sphereof British influence and that pro-Turk sympa-thizers might be expelled. . Meantime, thedevelopment of the Hilla area has proceeded hundred tons of seed grain have beenplanted, and to assist in bringing the harvest intoBaghdad a branch line down to Hilla is beingmade, which is expected to be open for trafficby the middle of May. . The riverain tribesof the Euphrates had long been independent, andthough the capture of Feludja and Ramadi hadproduced a very marked effect upon them, andchecked any serious attempt at hostile action,nevertheless certain minor punitive operations hadbeen necessitated. These took the form of dis-patching small columns of all arms, assisted byriver gunboats, by means of which the towersof recalcitrant chiefs were demolished and thetribe in question punished. Five such expeditionswere sent out from Nasiriya between Novemberand February, and were uniformly BULGARI.^N TROOPS ENTERrXG A MACEDONIAN TOWN northwards before the arrival of our troops. Inthe time of my predecessor, the Civil Commis-sioner, Sir Percy Cox, had strongly urged thatthe whole of the Euphrates line from Feludja toNasiriya should be brought under military andcivil control, but at that time circumstances didnot permit of any extension of our military re-sponsibilities. By the middle of December, 1917,however, the military position had completelychanged, owing to the magnificent successes gainedby General Allenby in Palestine. I therefore con-sidered that the time was ripe to establish afirm control of the line of the Euphrates, and bythat means encourage and assist in the develop-ment of the r
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