Dum Dum Bullets
♦ A return has been issued by the Imperial military authorities (says the Pall Mall Gazette) showing the effects of the Lee-Metford bullets in the recent fighting in India, and also the effeots of the DuraDum bullet and the Martini-Henry bullet. Instances are given of the slight wounds caused by the Lee-Metford bullet. A native of the Swat Valley was strack by three Lee-Metford bullets at Malakand, on April 3rd 1895. Two days afterwards the man walked to camp and had his wounds dressed, and walked away again. Another native, struck by six bullets, quickly recovered. At Khar a native was struck by a LeeMetford through the head, penetrating the frontal lobe of the brain, but there was no bad symptom. Reports on the effect of the Dum-Dum bullet used in the fighting show that when it strikes a hard bone a severe wound is caused, but that otherwise the wound is no worse that when Lee-Metford is used, and less severe than a MartinUHenry bullet wound. In a considerable proportion of oase9 the Dum-Dum bullet left the body unaltered in shape.
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Manawatu Herald, 31 August 1899, Page 2
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184Dum Dum Bullets Manawatu Herald, 31 August 1899, Page 2
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