Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-12
PRISONER, OF THE ARABS
English Woman Tells OF Feag@l EX'
perieRCGS.
CAME ALIVE THROUGH BLOODY Fight
Was With Her Husband in tho Town
p cf Sharahban and Fought a5 Well az
3, She Could: but Was Taken to 'he
=,
.iarcm OF the Srcik and Was Finally


.iarcm OF the Shcik and Was Finally
Rescued.
Last August at ShaIral,an. in Mr*n-
pott min. II town about so mics north
cast Of i;I"dad. there occurred an
uprisng of the native ARABS against
the British. Within the town we're
s0nr six I.n%liShmcn and one English
woman. They had an Armenian boy,
Il cook, some Hindu servants and 81
raw lcvic:; OF native Arabs IS Il staff.
They were the outpost az tho British
in Il none too friendly lara. The
Arab tribnsmcn rose a;s:tinS; them
without warming. the 80 !crios deserted
and the little band fou1d itS"f hcsct
by, some 500 Arabs. Fighting began in
the streets of the town, but shorty
lhcrcartcr tlfc English were forced TO
make a. stand in tho Qushlah. on levy
barracks. The ODDS were hopeless ana
the inevitable happened; the .ltt.c
hand WIS wiped out with the c:crp-
ton Of. one EnSlishfnan and the
woman, Mrs. T.. J.. buchanan. wife "i
Cap,:lin Buchanan, who was killed in
the lighting.
The fight lasted all of'thc afternoon
and into the evening. There WAS no
blinking tho end nC it, 50 rather than
die at the hands Of the Arabs the cap
tain and his wife saved the weapons
for themselves. intending I" take their
own lives when the time came. But
their plan WAS frustrated by III" course
events took. For "hOrdc of tribes
mon suddenly burst into the ro"rn'
runs ur the account by Mrs. Buchanan
in the London Times. Seen at c.'Se
quarters they wciE short, dirty and
rrpulsivc Ioukins. They were armed
with curved knives, dagscrs and rifles
The noise of shouting increased IN
volume.
The Fight.
They were firing ain1'rs:iH. ThS
flashes of the rifles showed in th@
growing dusk. BILLY turned to me ANA
#l;d:> Come on Zclt, wc must iiniSh
it. Get my revolver? DON'T fire untl'
| tell yuu
"r'hcy were now right on us, si'rgih@
round MS. Sumc wcrc busy idotinE,
shouting, yelling !;na uuarrclin= among
themselves. Thr /%:htc% Of their eyes
;:lr;lm"d horribly. Then one Arab got
sideways and fc:t him catch h"ld~"i
mc. He tried to pull me out OF the
corner. Then | screamed.
NJ husband frrd--llic Arab fell.
Tntn wc put up II !;ssin Of our own
in the iaiiiI!" |':su.
- v..,; ont ~ th".r"'',. with {" ;.''':;,-
in;: rain H. my :f'd". In u r'"'.l ";'y i
nr.icc,t Il hu'c III ia" Garden WAL.
through which ! iuIn!r"l ami fnh ~
wildly across The garden unit! can"
to II ditch. T!"n | lay dow: aud iti",
every ncrvc in my bua' r!r"h'.ini;.
II could not :;ct NY br:nih. Ny
tungu" wa; swul,"u and my threat 'j'rc
and tIrr from my continual :;"rc'nin@
and The dust. ri, Il mass ct li.H
from lIc:d to foot.
9TH" sound &c firms: was still %"inis
ON. Presently heard steps. l.""kin"
lust over the cd;;c If Cir" ditch. saw
men ccrniu% towards IN" hunting rs
,i,ry went in likely pia""'. T''2 Hrs;
ntn was carrying II ri!l". This ";''
really the end thought. T. st"t'd I'LL
;in'l called 10 ih%m. trying /" tell i':"'ii
v:rrr. 20 .;Iu1Ct and painting frraJ-
raily tn my heart and head.
.YawuSh. yawash! sfacntIy, gently
l%y said. So | knew t!i"n that they
we're not going L" XIII lur S'ini@al
away and Hi tin; m"mcnl l"m"cd for
death. knowing tiIy cIpt"ln i;n-
rrlnoul Was dead, ~! m&m% wAs sc
%rrai.
The Shcik Maid.
'Thrr,. ,%tIc five Arabs Win cam" III
and llIird SIR" buchanan nut "I iln
ditch: Wild r;.,:="rl. dirty nI"n Wit:
r,.u,I!"irC faces Tii"y tn"li hcr along
Sine :,l.r;,.iy ilI'l I"rn rrhhrd "f i:rl
Jewels Except l!"r wrist wat"!i ;n'
wedding ring AS ;luy %'il "n ih" r''"
"r tIlr khan dis u%Sing wira; /" do VIII
her Mrs I:uclrtr.n booked at hc'
watch. instantly size vas p"u'r"c'
,l.n.I. she wrrn"hrd herself free Ir"Ii
hey ralirrS. lnuScd iIci' watch nnt
tossed it among lhcm. Il;:; GIilcl"'
thc,n and tie Gi&,.IISsir', wa; Resumed