HC Deb 20 February 1912 vol 34 cc587-8W
Mr. GEORGE GREENWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give any information concerning the expedition that has been recently sent from the Soudan against the Beir Arabs; of what force such expedition is composed; whether he can state the names of the British officers engaged; whether

operations are still being carried on; and whether there have been any casualties?

Sir E. GREY

In consequence of the continual raids perpetrated by the Beirs on the Dinkas, a company of the 14th Soudanese under Captain Tunnard, Oxford

and Bucks Light Infantry, was dispatched from Mongalla to Pingko last autumn. It was also decided to send a patrol during the winter to keep the Beir tribe in order. I have not heard of any casualties.