THE AFGHAN TROUBLE
TRIBAL RISING EXPECTED.
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ALLAHABAD, July 21. Outposts in the Khyber region, between Ali Mesjid and Fort Maude were attacked by ex-Sepoys and disbanded militiamen. The attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. There is further evidence of a general tribal rising along the whole length of the frontier. Several attacks have been repulsed. The Afghan peace delegates are due at Dakfea on the 22nd. Their nonarrival "will mean an immediate advance by the British on Jelallabad and Mokixa,.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVIII, Issue LXXVIII, 24 July 1919, Page 5
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83THE AFGHAN TROUBLE Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVIII, Issue LXXVIII, 24 July 1919, Page 5
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