MOUNTAIN WARRIORS.
iM.KASAN'T WORK FOR CAMELCORI'S Times-Sydney Sun Special Cables. Received 5. S-'M p.m. London, January 5. Earl Percy, addressing the Grenadier Guards, and describing the work of the Egyptian Camel I orp™ in South ICordoleu. states that the I'aggara are the iciunanU of livn-e warriors who formed the main ligljtii'.u strength of tire Dervishes ami wliD relr-ated to mountain fastnesses, retiring into the bowels of the earth, whence they pepper attacking troops. The. Camel Corps recently explurcd these labyrinthian recesses, but though some lo.s-is wore sutlered the tribesmen realised their immunity and vanished. The arm of the Government, however, is able to reach them.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 160, 6 January 1914, Page 5
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105MOUNTAIN WARRIORS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 160, 6 January 1914, Page 5
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