INDIAN FRONTIER.
MAIISUD CAPITAL ATTACKED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyrleht. Delhi, Feb. 24. The destruction of Makai, the Mahsud capital, has begun. Gurkhas rushed the town and bombed the tribesmen out of the houses where they were sleeping, add drove them into the hills. Then innumerable towers and houses were demolished, and a rich, populous district will soon be a mass of charred ruins. High explosives, howitzer shells and gelignite combined to create a scene of desolation. This destruction has been carried out under persistent sniping by the tribesmen, and the covering - troops have been at times hotly engaged with mad rushes of tribesmen, who attacked in waves, but were held up by Lewis guns and grenades. General Climo, commanding, visited the scone, and declared that the difficulties of this campaign are greater than those encountered by any previous frontier expe-dition.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1920, Page 5
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