REBEL TRIBESMEN OF INDIA
BRITISH COLUMN AMBUSHED WITH LOSSES Br TilfßrAsk-Frem Amefllfttloii-O^flyrtlhl (Rec. October 21, 0.5 a.m.) Simla, Oelober 10 (delayed). A gathering of W'ana-Wazirs. Ihree hundred strong, attacked a reconnoitring party between Manglii and Luni on October 5. The disunities were twentynine killed or missing, including ono British officer The enemy lost heavily. A cojumn from Kawi Bridge, on October li, engaged the same pariv, which was then estimated lo be six hundred strong, near M'an?hi. It first drove the enemy into the hills. ]>nl later apparently fell into an ambush. The column was only able tn roach Kawi Bridge after heaving fighting. The casualties are believed to have been approximately eighty, mclmliii l ' two British officers and one Indian medical officer. A fresh column, with guns, proceeded t« Manghi on October B.—Renter.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 22, 21 October 1919, Page 7
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134REBEL TRIBESMEN OF INDIA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 22, 21 October 1919, Page 7
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