NATIVE RISING IN NIGERIA.
BRITISH COMMISSIONED MURDERED. HEAVY FIGHTING. Received 14, 11.45 p.m. London, June 14. The " Morning Post " Lagos correspondent states that Oswald Crewe Read, Assistant Commissioner, was murdered in the Asaba Hinterland. Captain Eadkin and two hundred of the Southern Nigerian Regiment hastened thither and arrived at Ogbo by forced marches. After heavy fighting the enemy retreated. The troops behaved with great gallantry. Further fighting is imminent.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8135, 15 June 1906, Page 3
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69NATIVE RISING IN NIGERIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8135, 15 June 1906, Page 3
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