Stuk 0008 - Captives in the Yemen

• 1964-02-02 (Vervaardig)

The British troops who were captured by Bedouins and Yemeni soldiers when they strayed across the border into the Yemen while on an exercise at the weekend, have been moved from the fort at Maakbh, 1000yds from the frontier at gunpoint after their commander Major Ormerod had refused to move unless two of his men who were ill were taken back to the border. After the request had been granted, the 16 men remaining were taken off on an 80 mile trek across the blazing desert to Taiz.

Photo shows: The Bedouins and Yemeni troops seen at the old police fort at Marbakh. The Yemeni Chieftain Hadj Ibrahim Hamin is second from the left of the row at the back of the picture.

• War
• People

• Yemen

• The Times of Ceylon Press (Archiefvormer)
• Keystone Press Agency Ltd. (Archiefvormer)