FRONTIER RISING.
TTtJ-TESMBN DISPERSED WIT- 30 HEAVY LOSS.' - .. '^M
« - 'f*i"r (By Cabl«.—Pnws _— SIMLA, Marchmf** Official: "Pen-thousand tribesmen at-' ,_ tacked Toche, near Miranshan,* bu'-'.'l ■wero driven across the Durand /.line-if after losing two hundred killed "anii'"fi| threo hundred wounded. —.'-sf"fp The tribesmen wero mainly Zadraus*§| and a few Mongos. They wero pp-)J| posed by two squadrons of cavalry. a-*§| mountain battery, tho 10th Jats, * 52nd Sikhs, and the North Waziristan-pl Militia, under Brigadier-General Fane.^SA reconnaissance later showed nota?i trace of tho marauders. *sf.
. The scene of is on the ixort-M tier near Bannu, south-west of Pesha-'5;" wur. A few months ago thero waa ai# minor raid in tho same place, a officer being killed. This is one of tbo»3" seasons in which raids are expected 6nM the frontier. " . ■/-'!"
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15243, 3 April 1915, Page 10
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127FRONTIER RISING. Press, Volume LI, Issue 15243, 3 April 1915, Page 10
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