PUNITIVE EXPEDITION
(Press Association.^—Coptriqht.) <Rec. 10.45 a.m.) < . SYDNEY, This Day. The , steamer Pacifique, from -New .Heberdesj reports .the landing at Anqjp oi a- French punitive expedition £©* M'alekula" to "avenge tlio recent ' mA?T sadre. The, natives were we'll' armed, and a sharp fight ensued. Nine-of''the expeditionary troops were killed and a blue jacket wounded. The natives "were severely punished. After the forces returned to the ships they heavily shelled the villages and planta.tipjis.-
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Nelson Evening Mail, 16 November 1916, Page 5
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72PUNITIVE EXPEDITION Nelson Evening Mail, 16 November 1916, Page 5
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