TROUBLE IN INDIA.
London, October IS). The Viceroy of India has reported to the Imperial Government that the Ornkzais and Aftidis in the Bara Valley will oppose the British expedition to the Tirau Pass. Brigadier-General Biggs' division has succeeded in dislodging the enemy from a post dominating the Chagra Valley. Amidst heavy tiring the infantry climbed the hillside, being supported by a mountain battery. The losses on the British side were slight. The Mazozais tribesmen, replying to Lieutenant-General Sir Win. Lockhart, stated that their conditions of peace included the British evacuation of Somana Bidge and of the Khyber Pass.
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 199, 21 October 1897, Page 3
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