TROUBLE IN INDIA.
Calcutta, November 10. Further news received from the North-Western frontier states that owing to the obstinacy of the Yakka Khels, General Lockhart was compelled to destroy their villages. A British convoy, while making its way through Oreanga Pass, fell into an ambuscade, and was fired upon by tribesmen from only a few paces distant. Several men were killed. A stampede occurred amongst the mules. Tho troops in the darkness became separated,and a fierce hand-to-hand encounter ensued. Eventually support arrived, and tho enemy retreated. Thirty Sikhs accompanying the Kunuana column, while enguged reconnoitring, attempted to make a short cut, but were stopped by a jungle fire. In this predicament they were surrounded by tribesmen, who hurled some of the Sikhs from the rocks and shot the others, all being killed. After a heroic defence before he was overcome, one of the native officers killed two of the rebel leaders. November 11. A body of troops accompanying General Lockhart';; column made a reconnaissance of the tribesmen's camp at Saransar, but found it abandoned. The tribesmen followed, and attacked the retiring troops, killing seven and wounding 40. Twelve others are missing.
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 209, 13 November 1897, Page 3
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