AMBUSHED IN THE DESERT.
FBESCH PAKTX Alffr iMI T. ATEB HO MEET MASSACRED. ( 9.15 a.m.) I'AEIS, February 16. The SuJ of Massalit. a district in the south : the desert of Sahara, within the French - r rrt oi influence, ambushed a French d>. • aent at Abishr, in the native State ■ Vadai, Central Soudan, inflicting heav; jss upon it. Details of the ambush show that the French force consisted of 110 native soldiers, with two French lieutenants and serseants. They were surprised by overwhelming numbers and were practically annihilated, only eight of the native troons escaping to tell of the fate of the force.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 41, 17 February 1910, Page 5
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