The Thibetan Campaign.

Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1904, Page 3

The Thibetan Campaign.

The Times’ correspondent at Gyangtse reports that three of Colonel Macdonald’s columns were operating, before dawn on Wednesday, against a dense mass of houses at the foot of the eastern slope of Jong, and a seven-pounder was used to clear a passage from house to house. It was intended, at daylight, to utilise the guns stationed half way to Palla and from the Ghurka post to c'ear the face of the rock preparatory to an assault on Jong. Twelve hundred troops will be engaged. The enemy’s position has been strengthened by the construction of fresh pan gars. GALLANT TROOPS. The Times’ correspondent at Gyangtse says the conduct of the troops must impress the Thibetans, H« adds that all concerned in the day’s exploit deserve the fullest credit for carrying through a carefully considered and beautifully executed scheme against one of the strongest fortified places in Central Asia, when a successful and rapid operation was essential to the work awaiting Colonel Younghusband’s mission, The Daily Mail’s correspondent says the troops’ achievement compares with that of our men at Dargai. Three Ghurkas were killed in the attack on Jong. Four officers, three British privates, and twenty Sepoys were wounded. The Thibetan loss was heavy.