THIBET CAMPAIGN.
ATTEMPTS TO BEFOOL THE BRITISH. (Received June 13, 10.20 p.m.) LONDON, June 13. The Thibetans pretended to abandon, their fort at Gyang-tse, leaving one man to fire all the guns. This deception, however, • was detected. During the night some of the garrison tried to explode bags of gunpowder outside the British position, hut the result of the effort was harmless. Others of the Thibetan force ft I led :n a considerable portion of the covered way the Britsh had made connecting their camp with the village of Palla.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 137, 14 June 1904, Page 3
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90THIBET CAMPAIGN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 137, 14 June 1904, Page 3
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