THE INDIAN BORDER.
DERAJAT COLUMN ADVANCES. GOOD TARGETS OBTAINED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received February 7, 3.50 p.m. Delhi, Feb. ">. The Mahsud position continues to change rapidly. The arrival of WanaWazir and Lashkar, sixteen hundred strong, and two Afghan guns under the adventurer, the Shah of "Duela, has inspirited the tribesmen, and the Lashkar increased to four thousand. The Derajat column, in advancing, met small opposition, but the aeroplanes and guns got good targets. They killed twenty and wounded fifty- The Lashkar then scattered, about 1500 bein j left at Dwatoi. Rain is hindering our advance. The rumors of Afghans being among the tribesmen are now generally not believed.—Reuter.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1920, Page 5
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108THE INDIAN BORDER. Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1920, Page 5
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