PUNITIVE EXPEDITION.
TROUBLE IN THE ISLANDS. NATIVES FIGHT FIERCELY. NINE BRITISH KILLED. VILLAGES HEAVILY SHELLED. Press Association—Copyright. (Received 10.45 a.in.) Sydney, November 14). The steamer Pacifiqne from llie New Hebrides reports the landing of tin Anglo-French punitive expedition at Malekula to avenge the recent massacres. The natives wore well armed and a sharp fight ensued. Nine of the expeditionary troops were killed and a bluejacket was wounded. The natives were- severely punished, and alter the forces returned to the ships they heavily shelled the villages and plantations.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 93, 16 November 1916, Page 2
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87PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 93, 16 November 1916, Page 2
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