A HOLY WAR PROCLAIMED.
EXTENSIVE FIGHTING..' CALCUTTA, April 24. Major-General Willcocks, with. 3200 men and 18 guns, holds a front for 16 miles from Michni to Abazai, with a strong central position at Shabakdar.
The Taohmands are clinging to the hills, sniping the British. A holy war is being p*oached throughout the whole area between the Kumar and Panjkora Rivers to Jandol.
Shells dispersed a large body of tribesmen which was advancing on Gazhisdar.
Sufi Mullah, with 8000 men, has reached " Gundabmullah. The British repulsed an attack on the Adizar Bridge.
The Mohmands, whilst looting a village within the British border, lost eleven men.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13100, 27 April 1908, Page 7
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