A FANATICAL RAID.
THE RECENT ATTACK BY BURMANS.
LED ON BY A MAD PRIEST. (Per Press Association. —('opyriyht.) Mandalay, Oct. 18. The Burmans who recently rushed one of the gates of the British cantonment have confessed that their object in making the attack was to eject the British. A priest, who acted as leader, endeavored to induce his band to believe that he was endowed with invisible power and was invulnerable. Many Burmans have been arrested. Those connected with the plot include manv officials.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 454, 19 October 1897, Page 3
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84A FANATICAL RAID. Hastings Standard, Issue 454, 19 October 1897, Page 3
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