ARMY DESERTERS
AN INCIDENT IN INDIA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CALCUTTA, June 20. (Received June 21, at 11 a.m.) Three British Army deserters figured in an amazing scene at /Jubbulpore (Central Provinces). The men had been missing from their regiment since Sunday. To-day a coolie, while cleaning carriages at Jubbulpore station, found the men in a compartment. He called an official, who on opening the door was greeted with revolver shots. The official informed army headquarters} An armed guard was quickly on the scene. The officer called on the men to surrender or the troops would fire, whereupon the deserters walked out, threw clown their revolvers, and surrendered.
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Evening Star, Issue 21752, 21 June 1934, Page 9
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107ARMY DESERTERS Evening Star, Issue 21752, 21 June 1934, Page 9
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