A TOWN SACKED.
I CAPTE3ED AHT> EECAJETTTBE3>. ] i, Received a.m.) J LONTJO}?", April 25. Advices from the Khost Valley (Turkestan) state that 3000 tribesmen captured and sack-ed the town of Matun. The Afghan Governor made a sortie on the citadel, repulsing the tribesmen. Later they rallied, and arc besieging the town.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 5
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