INDIAN FRONTIER TROUBLE.
COLONEL JvETTELL'S COU'AIN. THE SJIiJIS ATTACKED. A SUCCESSFUL CIIAKUE. liucuivoil 18th, !).28 p.lll. Calcutta, February 18Colonel .l!u»b Keppcll's column from Landikot.al junctioncd with Ceneral Willcucks unopposed. The Dritish occupied must of the strongest positions in Damr Vallcv. A number <ii' Xukkus attacked ilic Sikhs e.-corting a large convoy to Nliiiiiir. 'J'lic ,Sikli» charged them, carrying a high bill. They sustained two casuallicr,.
THE miHJ'XMKN HAKASWIN'G PICKETS. difficult counthy fou the .military. sthexcth of the British fokce. 1 Wived 18th, 9,38 [Mil. Cilcutta, February 18. Tli f . Zakkns are chiefly armed with Martinis but arc suffering from a scarcity of ammunition.
Tbe tribesmen, to avoid engagement, harass tbe pickets and convoys. Tbe, sphere of operations covers an area 20 miles by 10 miles in the. western corner of the Tinzar Valley. The ground is of a difficult nature for military operations. Other Afridis tribesmen show no desire to participate. C.eneral Willenx communis 2008 British and 8622 native troops.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 51, 19 February 1908, Page 2
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160INDIAN FRONTIER TROUBLE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 51, 19 February 1908, Page 2
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