THE NIGER EXPEDITION.
SHARP BUSH FIGHTING
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Despatches from the Niir< r Coast state that there is sharp bu»li lighting between the P»riti4i e\p. .lit ion sent against the King of Benin ami lits warriors.
Commander Pritchard was killed, ant! several of the BritL-h officers wounded.
The native town of (Momho. half ivay to the Benin capital, ii% occupied by the British.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 249, 17 February 1897, Page 3
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67THE NIGER EXPEDITION. Hastings Standard, Issue 249, 17 February 1897, Page 3
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