The West African Disaster.
FUKTHEIt DETAILS. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION/. London, February 26. Later particulars eoucemiug the disaster at Bathurst, in Western Africa, show that Captain Gamble's force consisted of 22.) blue-jackets. The det&chineut was caught in ambush, and after a vain attempt to withstand the withering fire of the enemy retreated to their boats. The Arabs captured the field-pieces and six thousand cartridges, and also carried off the bodies of the slain, with the ex- | ception of those of Lieutenants Arnold j and Meister. } The total number of wounded on the ; British side was fifty. two. On receipt of the news of the defeat at Bathurst, the gunboat Alecto, proceeded to Gsinjor and lauded a party of blue-jackets, who were unable to make any headway, and had to beat a retreat before the heavy fire of the enemy. A detachment of the West India Regiment, 300 strong, will be sent to reinforce the Bedford expedition.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 250, 27 February 1894, Page 2
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155The West African Disaster. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 250, 27 February 1894, Page 2
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