Another well-planned stroke in Western Egypt has cleared the Senussi
out of the remote oasis of Siwa, three hundred and fifty miles west of Cairo, and driven their main body into the waterless desert. Sayed Ahmed, the Senussi leader, was brought to bay on February 4th near Girba, to the west of Siwa, and routed after a fight that lasted all day. Meanwhile a British detachment had occupied the Munasib Pass, further west on the only camel track to Cyrenaica, and the Senussi in their flight were ambushed and scattered. Sayed Ahmed with his main force plunged into the desert, leaving two hundred killed and wounded, rifles, stores, and a machine-gun. Presumably he has retired to Kufra, his inaccessible oasis in the Libyan Desert, three hundred and fifty miles from Siwa, where he can do little harm. The Senussi menace, which with Turco-German support seemed formidable at one time, is thus disposed of, after a series of arduous if obscure operations which do great credit to all concerned.
