SOMALILAND CAMPAIGN.
DISASTER TO CAPTAIN PLUNKETT ATTRIBUTED TO RASHNESS.
LEE-METFORD BULLET CONDEMNED.
By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, July 29. General Manning’s despatches endorse Colonel Cobbe’s conclusion that Captain Plunkett’s disobedience in pushing on to obtain a contact with the Mullah caused the disaster to his force.
General Manning, in 'a despatch, attributes Captain Plunkett’s defeat to the insufficient stopping power of the Lce-Metlord bullet.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 956, 31 July 1903, Page 2
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