WEST AFRICA.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A BRITISH FORCE. United Press Association—-By Electric Telcjraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 29. A British force, numbering sixty, had ' a narrow escape in West Africa. They j were sent to demand the surrender of I a murderer, and were attacked by 2000 |of the Kwale tribe. They fought their way back to the launch. Captain Irvine was wounded in the lung, and thero were sixteen other casualties.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12364, 1 December 1905, Page 8
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