Two more Arabs were killed in a clash with British troops and police near Safed early today, bringing the Arab death toll in two days of skirmishing to thirteen.
The slain brigands were part of a large Arab band responsible for recent forays in the vicinity of the ancient Moslem city in the northern part of Palestine.
Returning from the battle, Sergeant Harrison of the York Lancasters was killed when a lorry in which he was riding overturned.
Two rifles were captured by the soldiers, one of which was found to have been stolen by the Arabs from Government stores.
Sporadic sniping of the type that has characterized the three months of guerilla warfare being waged by Arabs against Government and Jews was reported at Mishmar Haemek, Delahmya, Kiryat Shmuel, Ain Harod, Hatikvah, Givat Michel, Kfar Saba and Afuleh.
An Arab constable was injured by a bomb explosion near the village of Saris. Explosives damaged a railway bridge between Tulkarem and Kalkillia and railroad tracks between Battir and Dir el Sheihk. A bomb exploded under the seat of a coach as a train pulled into the Acre station.
High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope returned this morning from an air inspection tour of the Transjordan frontier forces.
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