FRONTIER TRIBES
BOMBED BY AIR FORCE.
(UNITED FBESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRISM.)
(AUSTRALIA!! ■ JIBTT »SAI,AJ(2 CAOLI ABSOCIATIOK.)
(Received 30th January, noon.)
DELHI, 29th January. The Air Forcvj operations on the frontier are proving most effective against the Abdullai Mahsud tribesmen. Their stronghold has been destroyed with bombs, and other groups of villages over » considerable area also successfully dealt with. A considerable number of tribesmen was killed and wounded. As a result of the operations, raiding has much decreased.
The advance of the punitive column to Waziristan continues, and the column has' occupied Razmak. Recalcitrant tribesmen ara being taught a severe lesson.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 25, 30 January 1923, Page 7
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98FRONTIER TRIBES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 25, 30 January 1923, Page 7
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