A SOMALILAND DISASTER.
COLONEL PLUNKETTS FATAL EAGERNESS. ! LEE-METFOKD BULLETS USELESS. I
United Pre.«s Af"=ocii.tion— By Electric Teie^rsph—Copyright. LONDON, July 29. i General Manning's despatches en dor.*. Colonel Cobbe's conclusion tint Celone! Plunkett's disolaedience in pushing on to obtein contact with the Mullah, cau'-ed the di.--aster ia v.-hich his (Colonel Plunkett's] j force was anniliilated. i General Manning, in a despatch, attri- j butea Colonel Plunkett's defeat to the in- i sufficient stopping power of the Lee-Met-ford bullet. I
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11649, 31 July 1903, Page 5
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