British Mission to Thibet
Peace Conference Falls Through Press Asaocialiun —Coypright ' T'.OMBAT, July G Tup Thibetan delegates are afraid of the responsibility of cvacmiling.GyangtßO and Jong, lest tho Dalai Lama will decapitate thoui; but they are apparently willing to resume negotiations if Jong is captured, Hostilities will thore'oro be resumod lit the oxpiralion of the armistice, the Thibetans not having replied to Colonel You;'i!>husb.iml'n dpniands, THE WAII RESUMED TWELVE HUNDRED BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGKI) Pr«i iiioeiation.-OowUriu London, July I) Tho Time?' correspondent at Gyangtso reports that throo of Colonel Mac Donald's columns were operating before dawn today against a donso mass of houses at tho foot of the eastern slope of Jong, and that a eeverupounder was used to clear ut passage from lioime to house, It was intended at daylight to utilise Iho quus (jtalioned half way to Pallft and from tho Ohurlta post to char tho face of tho rock preparatory to an assault on Jong, Twolvo hundred troops will bo om'figod. The oneniy's position hat "been strengthened by the construction, of ircsh sangars,
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1034, 7 July 1904, Page 3
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175British Mission to Thibet Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1034, 7 July 1904, Page 3
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