North African

Usage examples of senussi.

German advance in the Balkans had synchronized with attempts to disturb us on the western borders of Egypt by German and Turkish intrigues with the Senussi federation of Moslem tribes, and in Tripoli, which the Italians had never succeeded in completely subjugating.

There was no further trouble on the western frontier of Egypt, and a repercussion of the Senussi discontent far south in Darfur was satisfactorily suppressed by a detachment of the Egyptian Army which occupied El Fasher on 22 May.

Early in February a final blow was struck on the western frontiers of Egypt at the Senussi, and Egypt was converted from an enemy objective into a fruitful basis of operations against the Turkish Empire.

December, culminating in a fine show on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, when the Senussi, although they took full advantage of the extraordinarily difficult country, were trounced so severely that more fighting was unlikely for some weeks.

There was the general impression of the infantry at long last heaving themselves out of the mud and going forward in real earnest, of the cavalry on the flanks speeding the heels of the retreating Senussi horsemen, and of the artillery firing as fast as they could load at any target they could pick up.

The Turks have been training and arming the Senussi for years, and the tribesmen of the Western Desert support them.

Though Britain was ill-equipped to counter such an attack, after the heavy losses at Gallipoli, the real danger was that even a temporary success by the Senussi might cause their sympathizers in the Western Desert and the Nile Valley to rise.

I suppose it involved sending Ramses to spy on the Senussi in one of his bizarre disguises.

Ramses acquitted himself well in the affair, and the Senussi admire a courageous enemy.

But the Senussi have taken Kharga and Siwa and the Bedouin are in arms.

In fact, I could think of no sensible reason why anyoneBedouin, Senussi, Turk, or tomb robberwould drop a rock and then a body on Ramses.

You were sent here to ascertain the intentions of the Senussi and the extent to which they had influenced the desert tribes.

Turks, the Senussi, the Nationalists, even a few people in our own service.

Light Car Patrols, which did such a splendid job against the Senussi, are being disbanded, and nobody in the military gives a curse about maintaining the desert roads.

Minia is one of the wealthiest towns in Upper Egypt, and it was thought probable that the Senussi might attempt to raid Minia or Assiut, with a view to plundering the banks and giving a start to any disaffection among the fellahin.