FRONTIER OPERATIONS.
U'er Picas Association 1.): (Received January 22, 3 p.m.)
UOMBAI', January 21
The Dorajat column arrived .and encamped to-day without serious- opposition on tiw great Sorarogha- plateau, about a mile westward of: Shilmanzi. The enemy confronting us numbers about two hundred, and throughout the day harrassed our picketing; operations. There u-as persistent sniping "on. both sides day and night.
Some tribesmen haildedjn^a number of tribal. riik:h at Jandola, but there is not the slightest sign of peace and very little «tfort appears being made by the \Vazirs to bring in the lines of rifles. Tho tribtvs are evidently doubtful of our ability to enforce; the terms.
The. Mahsnds, who continue to oppose our advance, sniped our pickets. They have been informed that there will be no cessation of hostilities till the lines in riiles are produced in full. The opposing force has now dwindled to a thousand Mien. Maikach village has been completely destroyed, as the enemy there mutilated the body of one of
our dead
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9210, 22 January 1920, Page 5
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