. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . (a few minutes from Suk-el-Juma) had migratedto Tripoli after the Italian occupation. But many families,especially the more well-to-do, had remained in their homes,unwilling to sever themselves from the property whichthey could not convey to the town. They buried theirmost precious possessions, and trusted to a show of povertyto protect their lives. Their expectations were disap-pointed. The Turks and Arabs descended upon the villageand demanded the money and trinkets which they knewexisted. Where the answer was unsatisfactory th
. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . (a few minutes from Suk-el-Juma) had migratedto Tripoli after the Italian occupation. But many families,especially the more well-to-do, had remained in their homes,unwilling to sever themselves from the property whichthey could not convey to the town. They buried theirmost precious possessions, and trusted to a show of povertyto protect their lives. Their expectations were disap-pointed. The Turks and Arabs descended upon the villageand demanded the money and trinkets which they knewexisted. Where the answer was unsatisfactory they slew,regarding neither age nor 1 A deserted house in the oasis, in which the correspondent quoted hadtaken refuge. 2 I give this story for what it is worth. It was told by some of thefew inhabitants who were found at Amruss, when the Italian victory atAin-Zara had cleared the oasis of Arabs. The correspondent who reportedthe discovery of murdered women at Suk-el-Juma insisted that thedissimilarity of dress made it impossible that they should have been.
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