FIGHT IN NIGERIA.
By Tolograph—Press Association—Copyright London, Feb. 16.
Tho walls of tho fortress from which the Emir of Knno was driven by Colonol Morshoad's forco wero 15ft high, and' proof against a millimetre shell. Themain gato resistod tho bombardment,, but tho smaller ones wero stormed. Lieutenant Dywer, of tho Life Gnards,. who led tho attack, was wounded thrico. The enemy numborod 5000, with 800' horsomcn. The inhabitants, when tho city feli, expressed gratitude for their deliverance from oppression. Moloney’s murderer, who is hold in groat honor,, accompauiod the Emir in his flight.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 829, 18 February 1903, Page 2
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