Native Rising in India
[ PER "UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION-. 1 1 alcotta, April 15. The punitive expedition ou the way to Manipur is 1000 streng. The bungle in connection with Lieutenant Grant's ammunition, when -t he was beseiged atThonal, was due to the fact that the reserve at the British Residency was only intended f or thfr Martini Henry rifles. On arrival of Commissioner Quinton's escort, it was found they were armed with -^uiders, and consequently the reserve stouk was no use to them. Details to hand show that Mr& Grimwood, wife of the British Resident at Manipur, acted with great heroism after the evacuation of the Residency, and it was mainly through her guidance that the refugees were enabled to make their escape. April 16. Lieutenant . Pressmore defeated 30ft Manipurs, 50 of whom were killed.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 127, 18 April 1891, Page 2
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135Native Rising in India Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 127, 18 April 1891, Page 2
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