THE MULLAH.
ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT. GALL4NT DEFENCE BT A PATROL. FIB FBESB ASSOCIATION. London, April 24. The W«r Office <*o n r -t regard 00l >tel CobW» a« dfiapwa'e. j Oo'onel Manning, wi»h 2000 m*n, n»nr« 'o Galadi after extricating Colonel fnbbe. The E-'sir of Karo, with 1200 and 2000 frot, attaek°d a ptt r ' l of 44 of the West African force under Lieutenant Wright at Kotokoross. Wright formed a square zireba of dense *hcrnr and repulsed ten charges, k'lling 300, including 11 chiefs One Britisher was hit. Orly 50 rounds of ammunition were left when the enemy fl'd. The fo'lowirg is the casualty list: Killed —African Rifles, M? jor O-ptairm J hns'on, Stewart, Olivpv, Mvwis, and Mackrrmon, Liputpj&nts and Bell ; 3econd Sik'-s, 08p-t-ain Vippy; Indian Medical Corpf, O 'ptai' and two privates, 48 Sikhs, and 124 African Rifles. Lieutenant Chichester, of the Sonn'i Mounted*, was also killed ?n the action, It is believed tVat 10,000 tribesmen attacked M>jor Plunkett. Oolonel Cobbe advanced towards Oumburru, and ii encamped wi>h plenty of food erd four diya' wa f rr, bu"! is no-v arable to wihdraw, the thick scrub favouring tLe enemy.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 103, 27 April 1903, Page 3
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190THE MULLAH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 103, 27 April 1903, Page 3
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