Trouble in Chitral.
"The Ameer's officials at Asmar have arrested. Umra Khan, cousins and 400 followers. A
The Khan of Dir has captured 1500 of the enemy. Among the property found in their possession were 10,000 cartridge! sealed in Government boxes, total showing that an illicit trade-in ammunition has been carried on.
Colonel Gateacre's Brigade waded knee-deep through six miles of snow on the Lowari Pass.
The Khan of Dir effected the capture of Sher Afzul and his followers by driving them into a mow field, where they were starved into surrendering. Umra Khan's followers, with tht exception of the leaders, Will be released.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 May 1895, Page 2
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104Trouble in Chitral. Manawatu Herald, 4 May 1895, Page 2
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