SOMALILAND
f HOW, DIED.
I LONDON, May 8. : Colonel Hunkett's last stand was made to open ground covered with low bushes Jlree feet high. The Mullah's forces.occupied the thick bush. The Mullah led the last rush. Meanwhile, after ordering the 50 survivors to make a final charge, Colonel Plunkett was shot dead. A Reuter message states that the opinion in Aden h against reverting to the 10-mile coastal Hmit, and recommends jthe retention of the line touching Bohotle, Saivero, Burao and Hargersa as ,ihe only practical frontier for the Pvotecitorate.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 110, 9 May 1903, Page 5
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