STATE OF SIEGE
INDIAN UNREST TROOPS FORCED TO WITHDRAW. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) ... ' (Received 11.10 a.m,) . CALCUTTA, January 4. Skirmishes, in which troops and rebels were killed and occurred at Alwar, where whole districts are in, a state of siege. Peasants, who are lye'll organised, introducing methods of communication by beating ’tomtoms, blocked all roads with tree trunks, and by digging pits, and cutting telephone communication to prevent reinforcements - of troops from reaching the scene of operations'. • Five hundred troops ■ were ■ forced to withdraw after a'elfish'with one thousand peasants, while, in another distret, three thousand peasants pursued State troops who, tried to penetrate the hills. . \ v
The peasants are now in complete possession of the districts and are firmly entrenched. : ,v ■ .
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1933, Page 5
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122STATE OF SIEGE Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1933, Page 5
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