THE ROAD TO LHASSA.
OVERCOMING THIBETAN OBSTRUCTION. BOMBAY, July 10. Four additional officers, including Lieutenant Bowden-Smith, were wounded in the attack on the Jong at Gyang-tso on the 6th. * Mounted infantry overtook 400 Taitoetans, inflicting heavy losses, at Dong-tse unopposed. The monastery and the rest of Gy-aog-tss were occupied on the 7th without resistance. The villagers are returning to their homes. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER FORT, COMMONSENSE ADVICE, (Received July 11, 10.33 p.m.) BOMBAY, July 11. A force of mounted troops, which pushed ahead of Colonel Youngiuisband's mission, discovered a deserted Jong fourteen miles beyond Dongtse. This fortification is reported to ht almost as large as the one at Gyaiiß-isi;.'" -• .__,. """ ~- Tongsa Pwilop, the ruling Minister of Bhutan, the native Stato between India and Thibet, has advised Ike Dalai Lama to Come to terms.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 161, 12 July 1904, Page 3
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132THE ROAD TO LHASSA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 161, 12 July 1904, Page 3
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