The Trouble in Burmah.
m Mr W. E. Ward, Judicial Commissioner of Lower Burmah, has been appointed successor to Mr J. W. Quinton as Chief Commissoner of Assam. After severe fighting on Sawana Ridge the Miranzies Avere routed. Colonel Cranmer and Major Egerton and four of the regulars were wounded. The British force is advancing on the other positions held by the natives. Further fighting has taken place between the Miranzais and the British troops, resulting in the former being dislodged from the hills. The casualties on the British side were 11 killed and wounded. Official reports from Munipur state that during a truce Mr Quinton and his party, who were without escort or anns, were seized by the rebels while he was parleying with the chief Senaparti, who provoked the revolt. The Munipuris are preparing to resist the advance of the British troops.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 23 April 1891, Page 3
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144The Trouble in Burmah. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 23 April 1891, Page 3
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