THE SOMALI EXPEDITION.
- AN MPORTiNr CAPTURE. PKBKCIB AID TO THE * * (Etc. /an 22,5.2a.in5- -„ LONDON, Yesterday. I»ieut.-ColoDel Cobbe, V.C., willi 450 m£a of the African Kifles and 50 Sikhs, i* , atrfrtiwrfroni Obbia for a fortnight's xaS>naiu«asaea tovaidM Galkayra wellfl, Clb 1u» been awarded the V*^ J C«eß for conapicooua bmran' at erre^o, wi^n the liullah snrprisecl the Bntaaa dbo» in chwge of Lieutenant Befaa and manned by six bluejackets ami » Ihnfr'pounder had made a valuable cawnreofftne Somali co*Bt. those on boSrd feigned di&tre«e r sent a bontali P> the masthead with a signal, and 9 Arab dbow witbin range. A fi^bt ensued and the A.rab dbow axed. It wasfound iapo'Bseaßioa h papers from Jibulil and also 80 ifles, 10,000 rounds of ammunii 7000 revolrer cartiidges, m- » be sent to the MullaU by a j» route. These were confiscated ihow was sunk.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 17, 22 January 1903, Page 3
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