WAR IN INDIA.
"THE CAPTURE OF SEMPAGHA
PASS.
CALCUTTA, October 30.
The defences of Sempagha Pass were very strong, and the approaches were greatly exposed to the enemy's fire. The tribesmen Avere, however, outflanked and unable to face the shells of the British, whose casualties numbers twenty.
CALCUTTA, October 31
Three columns of troops which recently left Peshawur to take part in the Tirah expedition, have concentrated close to Khyber Pass.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 253, 1 November 1897, Page 5
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