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Britain Sends More Troops to Palestine

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LONDON (Aug. 25)

The War Office announced today that the First Battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers will sail for Palestine tomorrow from Malta to reinforce the garrison in the Holy Land.

Military forces in Palestine are at the greatest strength since the World War as a result of more than eighteen weeks of Arab disorders.

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