RAIDING AFRIDIS
MENACE TO PESHAWAR
MAM BODY NEAE CITY
UNCHECKED BY AIR FORCE BOMBS
United Press Aasoclatloiv^By Electric Tel»« evwlv^-Oppyright. (Received 11th August, 10 a.ni.K DELHI, 10th August. The inhabitants of Peshawar are spending anxious days owing to the menace of raiding Afridis growing ever nearer. Devout Moslems are praying for the success of the British and Indian troops. The main body of Afridis, estimated at 10,000, are encamped in the Bara Valley, twelve miles from the city. Some seventy aeroplanes operated and dropped sixteen thousand bombs, but it is believed the Afridi casualties were small.
Meanwhile the main attack oa Peshawar has not yet materialised.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 9
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RAIDING AFRIDIS
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 9
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