FIGHTING IN SOMALILAND.
DERVISHES ON THE WARPATH.
United Press Association. London, February 9
The Press Bureau reports further successful operations against the Somaliland Dervishes. After the operations in November the Dervishes returned to Shimberberris, repaired their forts, and aided frienedly tribes. A combined Indian contingent and camel constabulary attacked Dervishes on February 3rd and 4th, and after a desperate resistance captured the forts and caves. Thirty-two Dervishes,- including two headmen, were killed. All the forts and caves were destroyed, and the Dervishes evacuated the district. The Anglo-Indian casualties were three killed and eleven wounded.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 10 February 1915, Page 5
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94FIGHTING IN SOMALILAND. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 10 February 1915, Page 5
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