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United Prcei A»socifttion—By Eleotrfo! :~ :?* Telegraph—Copyright. ' - .: ;3? LONDON, April 18. ; j i Brigadier-General Macdonald tho enemy in Red Idol Gorge on the e| The Thibetans used twenty leather iM and jingala (antique musketo), and bamlessly fired through the moir-eloed corer-L *;1:| intr the hills, until the Sikh* etomwi theje: position, and killed many, though ti£* '] : gM officers restrained the toea' i«rtaaiv;tto¥*j|| Thibetans fled. The Gitoorku '-fotto***;' :l)s|j largo number of peasants; Iriding" in' tomir-etricken, . When a«rar*s harm would befall came out- and broke ,tbw^eWorxfc : i;-««ps|S matchlocks. They dedM^VA^'fS«sr not want to fight,'only. pelled them to. ' _ •.;■' , \>" ;^-v;£Sp|||| The mission is now lished at Gyangtae, which It » »d flourishing town. " .-. "' ■ ■
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11872, 20 April 1904, Page 7
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