The Mad Mullah.
A DECISIVE BATTLE,
Twenty-two hundred regulars and a thousand irregulars, under Colonel Manning, advanced to Jidboli OB the 11th, where five thousand Dervishes had assembled. A mounted force under Lieut .-Colonel Kenna attacked the enemy’s right, while the infantry advanced within seven hundred yards. The Dervishes attempted a charge, then broke and fled, being pursued for ten miles, losing a thousand killed. Many prisoners were taken and four hun - dred rifles captured. Sir Charles Egerton thinks the Mullha’s main force was engaged. The Mullah was not present. It is supposed he is encamped at the Shilo Modu hills, eight hours’ march from Jidbolli.
The British losses were Lieut. A. Bowden Smith and Dr J. B. Welland killed, and nine officers and five privates wounded, eight officers severely. Captain the Hon. T. Lister is missing. . Nine irregulars were killed an(% seventeen wounded, Colonel Egerton is encamped two miles beyond Jidbolli. He bases his belief that it was the Mullah’s main force that was engaged, because of the number of riflemen present and the many notables killed.
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Manawatu Herald, 14 January 1904, Page 2
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178The Mad Mullah. Manawatu Herald, 14 January 1904, Page 2
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