FRONTIER CAMPAIGN.
PS SUBMISSIONS. TRIBESMEN'S POSITION TURNED. MULLAH KILLED. ■ lIX TELEGRAPH —.PRESS ASSOCIATION' —COPYRIGHT Calcutta, May 26. General Sir James' destroyed a great deal of Mohma'ncf''property, including tho residence of Gud, a mullah, and chief leader of. tho revolt. He also dispersed a gathering of 2000. -Utliian Khels opposite Karegta with a fow rounds of shell, after a. sharp fight with thp. fanatics, of.-: whom fifty were killed. . The Utman Khels lost'one.'liundrcd 'mon.' They havo tendered itlieir.' submission,' and', offer to pay any fine demanded.* -They numbered 3000. - '•• The position of tho enemy was easily turned. Tho 53rd Sikhs- seized, the; crost of the hills, and the tribesmen" were exposed to shrapnel, Maxim, magazine-rifle firo. The campaign has neaj'ly.'.olpsed; It is expected the cost will be £200,000....A1l the Mohmands have submitted'.' '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 209, 28 May 1908, Page 7
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131FRONTIER CAMPAIGN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 209, 28 May 1908, Page 7
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