WIVES IN BATTLE.
SHIELDS FOR THEIR WARRIOR HUSBANDS. tr-nsas association.] (Received September 29, 10.2 p.m.) THE HAGUE, September 29. In the Chamber the Premier, in expressing regret at Dutch troops killing a thousand Achinese women and children during recent fighting in the Dutch Eaqt Indies, explained that it was inevitable, since the Gawor tribesmen used their wives and children as shields in battle.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8099, 30 September 1904, Page 2
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63WIVES IN BATTLE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8099, 30 September 1904, Page 2
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