Somaliland.
HEAVY FIGHTING. Heavy fighting has occurred in Somaliland between the Mullah’s forces and the Mijertain natives, who are friendly, to the British. The town of Illig, in Italian Somaliland, was bombarded.
The Sultan, who is an alley of the Mullah, was, captured. Details of the capture of Ifiig, a tbwn in North "East Africa, are to hand. The town was unassailable from the front and at dawn on the 21st, in the presence of the Italian gunboat Voltumo, Rear-Admiral Atkinson Willis, of the Hyacinth, with 700 bluejackets and marines from the cruisers Hyacinth, Fox, and Mohawk, and 125 men of the first battalion Hampshire Regiment, landed at Cullule river.
Proceeding through the surf they attacked the zareba and towers of Illig in the flank and rear, storming gallantly. After a sharp action at close quarters the defence being obstinate, the Dervishes were expelled, losing heavily. The Italian and British flags were hoisted in the town which with the assent of the Sultan Osman Mahmud, will be transferred to the loyal Mijertains. Three British were killed, four severely and two slightly wounded. The officers came off scathless.
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Manawatu Herald, 30 April 1904, Page 2
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187Somaliland. Manawatu Herald, 30 April 1904, Page 2
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