FRONTIER WAR
BRITISH TROOPS STRENGTHENED
[by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]
(Recd. April 17. 11.30 a.m.). DELHI. April 16.
The Fakir of [pi turned a deaf ear to the tribal elders and old Khaisora women’s appeals to desist his antiBritish activities, consequently military measures have been tightened, including special steps to prevent provisions reaching hostile tribes, who were worked up to fanatical fury by his propaganda. There will soon be 30.000 British troops, including two tank brigades, operating in Waziristan, in the hope of investing the Fakir’s cave fastness in lhe scrub-covered Shaktu Valley.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1937, Page 7
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