SOMALILAND.
GALLANTRY REWARDED. Xleceivtti 35, 10.23 a.m. t ROME, Dec. 24. The King of Italy has conferred a silver medal on commander (Jaunt, for gallantry in connection with the Somali attack oi\ Fort Durbo. BRITISH AND DERVISHES FIGHTING, Received 26, 0.55 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 25. Lieutenant-iienteral Egprton telegraphs that Colonel Henna, with 200 British ami Indian mounted troops, 50 Bikenils, and 200 tribal horse, while reccrmwitnjvg from Eildib surprisacf two tihuasanU Derviuhes at Jidballi, eastwards of Bad win. Three hours' fighting ensued, eighty Deviates being killed and a hundred wounded. The British casualties were nominal.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 266, 26 December 1903, Page 3
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95SOMALILAND. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 266, 26 December 1903, Page 3
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