Trouble in Chitral.
Nine hundred natives have > marched to Gilgit and offered their services to the British authorities. *
The Chitral expedition is experiencing great difficulty with the transport service owing to the roughness of the country and the rapid rate at which the troops are maroh ■,
ing. They are advancing at top speed. The Second and Third Brigades stormed Malakund Pass, and after five hours' fighting the Scottish Borderers dashed boldly at the enemy, who numbered twelve thousand, and the latter retreated with , heavy -loss.-. vtfT J3 The British casualties were sH^t^
The aduaneed brigades bftve now crossed into Swat. : r,,
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Manawatu Herald, 6 April 1895, Page 2
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101Trouble in Chitral. Manawatu Herald, 6 April 1895, Page 2
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