THE MOHMAND WAR.
AMEER DISTRUSTED.
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN ACREEMENT. TRIBESMEN FALL BACK. . TELEonArii—pheSs absociatiok—cofyeiqii. (ileo. April 27, 9.28 p.m.) London, April 27. Ih many quarters the Ameer is suspected of fomenting the frontier disturbances, owing to dissatisfaction with the treatment ho received from Britain and Russia in not being consulted ns to the tormfc of the AngloRussian .Agreement. ■ ' Viscount iiorlby,. Secretary, for India, has given the Indian Government a freo hand, provided that there is no permanent occupation 'of territory. Calcutta, April 27. Tho Mohmalnds havo abandoned their positions fronting Abazai and Shabkadar, and have retreated to Bothaidag. Tho Afghans are inuch troubled on account of their severe losses, but under the Mullah's persuasion small bodies continue to reinforce the Mohmands. FRIDAY'S Flout. BRITISH CASUALTIES; Calcutta, April 27. Friday's casualties in General Sir Jas. Willcocks's force were:—Two men berland Fusijieri) killed, four British officefs and' 17 men wounded; 5 natives killed and 30. wounded. • The Thirty-Seventh Native Infantry carried a. sangar. at the point of the bayonet. The First Warwicks, catching the enemy escaping through a go'rgo, inflicted a loSs on them of 400 men. •'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 183, 28 April 1908, Page 7
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184THE MOHMAND WAR. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 183, 28 April 1908, Page 7
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