The sun., 1919-08-03
Vengeance OF the Arabs.


Enraged by the massacre the Arabs
attacked furiously and relentlessly.
They cut the column into three and
altogether destroyed two portions OF
it, taking no prisoners.
A body of Arab horsemen galloped
to Deraa. captured the station in
whirlwind charge, destroyed what was
left of the Turkish garrison and oc-
cupied the town. Soon afterward Fei-
sul's force came into contact with the
right flank of Gen. Allenby's victorious
armies, which were driving the routed
Turks toward the north. Col. Law
renee rode out to meet the outposts
Of the British Fourth Division and
guided then into Deraa-
Seeing that the Turks were utterly
beaten. all the Arab populace in Syria
were rising, and with 500 years Of
tyranny as an incentive were round
ing up the Turkish soldiery. Very
many took service under Feisuls
standard. so that he was more than
strong enough to attack the only re-
naming column of the Fourth Turk
ish Army. This had been reported as
5000 strong. but by the time Feisul
| caught up with 1t Arab peasantry had
reduced the number to 1000.
With some help from the British
Horse Artillery Feisul's forces attacked
at sunset near Kiswe. Before the day
! light had faded the Turks were a scat
tered mob. trying to escape up the
| slopes of Mania, where they were cut
off by another Arab force that had
been waiting for them. The slaughter
continued until midnight, when the last
| few hundred Turks were taken pris-
oners.
What Feisul's Force Accomplished.
In all, since Feisul's small force OF
a thousand men had left Akaba they
and the irregulars they raised had in
| less than four weeks killed 5000 Turks
and captured about 5000. besides $50
machine guns and thirty pieces Of
artillery.
| The victorious Arab army rode to
| Damascus, where the burning ammu-
milton dumps. exploded by the retreat
ing Turks, turned night into day. The
morale Of the Turks and Germans was
now so low that without protest they
marched out of the city beneath the
Arab flag hoisted by the population.
Next morning the Arab troops, with
| Col. Lawrence and the Shereef Nazir
| at their head, entered Damascus in tri-
umph and received tremendous well
, come from the population. Rifles and
revolvers were fired in the air. whips
were cracked and the proceedings
ended with a wild gallop through the
streets OF the conquering Bedouins TO
celebrate the return of Damascus the
Ancient-already a famous city in the
days of Abraham-beneath Arabian
rule.
Echoes of that fantastic campaign
Of the Arabs, extending over a thou
sand miles Of historic country between
| Mecca and Damascus may now be
heard in Paris, where Felsul still with
Col. Lawrence as adviser. is at the
Peace Conference. His dream, like
that of other Pan-Arabian thinkers
(besides being a soldier, Feisul is q
poet and scholar of motel. is OF an
Arab empire. with Damascus as cap
Iital. that will revive the more peaceful
glories of Haroun-al-R aschid and
other Arabian Caliphs. Whether the
dream will be realized in the not too
distant future depends on the sym
pathy ana good will! of Great Britain.
France and America.
] As for Col. LAWRENCE worthy sue
cessor TO such great Britishers OF his
own kind as Lord Give and Gen. Cor
don-whcn i last saw him in London