A CONGO BATTLE.
FIGHT BETWEEN BELGIANS AXD CANNIBALS.
TJnitod Press Aeeociation—By Electrio Telegraph^—Copyright. BRUSSELS, Janniary 6. Advice has 'been Teeorvxxl that explorers in. t«he eroploy of Ryan end Gusgcriheini'e International Rubber Corporation, at Ilaeai, in. tho Congo, had a, severo encounter with cannibals, armed with flintlocks. Twenty-five natavee, inohiding five of the party's porters, wero kiilcd. The Belgian, detachment fought tho cajinabils for ft wiiolo day, when the explorers retired.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13007, 8 January 1908, Page 7
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70A CONGO BATTLE. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13007, 8 January 1908, Page 7
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