"SNIPING."
" Sniping " always plays a prominent part in the offensive operations of insurgent tribes on the Indian frontier. The practice is thus explained by an Indian official:— Three natives set out, two in one direction, one in another. The single man, when he believes he is in the neighbourhood of a sentry, lets off his rifle, no matter in what direction, and thus drawe the fire of the sentry, whereupon the two other stalkers fire into the space lit up by the sentry's fire. This goes on all round the camp, and the reeult is constant alarm at night time. It is impossible to see the snipers, who generally stalk the sentries from behind atones. The soldiers have been told over and over again not to reply to a sniper, but they always fancy they sea the enemy in the darkness, and the temptation to fire is irresistible.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9835, 18 September 1897, Page 7
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