MADAGASCAR RISING GROWS MORE SERIOUS
LONDON, May 1. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: Rebel pressure in Madagascar has considerably increased during the past twenty-four hours in the region, of Mananjary on the East Coast of the island; also at Tamatave, 185 miles further rforth, where the local Europeans are concentrated in the expectation of a siege. French reconnaissance planes have sighted villages burning between the two towns. Sporadic attacks are also reported on European settlements in other areas, by armed bands of native dissidents.
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Grey River Argus, 3 May 1947, Page 8
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