THE MULLAH.
Per Press Association. London, June 30. General Manning does not believe that the Mullah has any white prisoners. ABYSSINIAfIS DEFEAT THE ENEMY. Received 2, 0.41 a.m. 1 London, July 1. A. despatch received fiom Colonel Bochefort, Chief British Officer accompanying tin Abyssinian column, dated June 6th, shows thit the Abyssinians, b-fore the Mullah's flight northward, surprised his baggari horse and spearsmen at dawn on the 31st at Leyd, near Bur, and after a slight resistance the enemy's mounteds fled. The Mullah's uncle and 1000 spearmen are reported to have been killed and 1000 camels captured. The Abyesinians' presence prevented the Mullah from obtaining water south of the Gerlogubi-Galadi line. Colonel Bochefort, writing on the 14th, states chit the Abyssinians, owing to insufficiency of water, were unable to reach tierlogubi, and tnat grain requirements necessitated going to the Sbebele district.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 53, 2 July 1903, Page 3
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141THE MULLAH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 53, 2 July 1903, Page 3
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