BURMA REBELS
fight with regulars. (United Prßss Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) DELHI, December 30. Faced with the alternative of fight or surrender, the Tharrnwoddy insurgents chose the former and yesterday gave battle to a detachment of the Second Fifteenth Punjabs near the village of Udo. The rebels aimed with rifies, sporting guns and short Burmese swords opened fire on the Punjabs carrying a lew casualties. lho soldiers returned the lire killing sixty and wounding thirty-six. Ihe reinaiudei retired to the jungle followed by Punjabs who continued the lire . lee casualties are unknown.
Seven hundred men of the Burma Rifles armed with machine guffs joined in the pursuit.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1930, Page 5
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112BURMA REBELS Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1930, Page 5
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