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First Action of the War in Egypt Forces Anerley to Ride Camel
Three London correspondents Mortimer Scott and Anerley with servants survive a ambush near the Nile as dernish raiders close in. Anerley, inexperienced, escapes on a trotting camel to reach Sar ras to file the first war dispatch. Mortimer and Scott organize defense and gather casualty reports. Anerley battles exhaustion and long odds to beat rivals for the morning edition.
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London
Mortimer
The
Intelligencer
Scott
Courier
Anerley
Gazette
Egypt
Palm
Nile
Merryweather
Reuter
George
Araba
Sarrag
Presaman
Khartoum
Andriey
Fusgry
Tdmal
Bemiun
Abbas
Andley
Scott Effendi
Effendi
Aline
Fleet Street
Sarras
Mortimers
Rommel
Desert
Abbas’ Fare- Wells
Paris
Cairo
Intelligence