AMBUSHED IN WADAI
FRENCH ST<DA2J. OVER ONE HUNDRED KILLED. Bj.TeleErabh—Press Assoelation—Oopyrleht. . Paris, February 16. ■' ' ■ Reports ilrom Abeshr. the capital of the Central Sudan State of Wadai, a French protectorate, state that the Sultan of. Massalot, by means , oi in,ambush,- inflicted; Veavy. loss on : a. French detachment. •' : " • It is reported that 110 native soldiers and Europeans,' a. captain, two. lieutenants, and two sergeants were, massacred. ■ Eight natives escaped. . [Wadai, to . the east of Kanem, with an area of about 170,000 square miles, and a semi-civilised population of about 2,000,000, accepted the French protectorate m the summer of 1903. The capital is Abeshr, which is in communication with. Benghazi,; on the coast of Tripoli; by caravans.] . . .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 7
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114AMBUSHED IN WADAI Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 7
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