THE SOMALI EXPEDITION
m ABYSSINIA AND THE MULLAH. Pros Association—By Telegraph—Copyriehi. LONDON, May 20. Eleven hundred dervishes fiercely attacked the Abyssinians (who are acting in conjunction with the British force) at BnrtiHi, on the left bank of the Wabi Shabeleh. After fighting for forty-five minutes they were repulsed. Twenty-one Abyssinians and 300 dervishes were killed. THE MULLAH'S WHEREABOUTS. LONDON, May 20. (Received May 21, at 9.1 a.m.j After riding to the Olassan Well, thirty miles north-east of Burtilli, the Abyssinnians concentrated at Busioli, where the roads to Jerlognbi and Übertale junction. The Mullah is believed to be at Übertale.
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Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 7
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99THE SOMALI EXPEDITION Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 7
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