TREACHEROUS NATIVES
FRIENDLY FORCES SURPRISED. [Pra Paras AasaouTHw—Copyright.] CALCUTTA, June 11 A disaster ooourred to a force of Indian Native troops under the command of British officers in Afghanistan. Wbilej 350 of the Sikh infantry were restingmtj mid-day in the Valley of the Tophi Rive}', Baunu district, they were suddenly strr-. prised by an overwhelming force ~6i Mulick's hostile Native tribe. ~ ; VICTIMS TO THE NATIVES' .' TREACHERY. CALCUTTA, June 11. Lieuteuant-colonel A. C. Bunny, of the Indian Staff Corps, in command of the detachment at the Tochi River, was killed. Three officers and twenty-five men also fell victims to the treachery of the Natives, and twenty-niue others were wounded.
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Evening Star, Issue 10339, 12 June 1897, Page 2
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108TREACHEROUS NATIVES Evening Star, Issue 10339, 12 June 1897, Page 2
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