INDIAN FRONTIER WAR.
■ , i : GUERILLA'METHODS OF THE ! ■ REBELS. : ' ; • . ' ' HARASSING, THE BRITISH. ! Press A«soci»tiou.--KlecttieTel«st4ph.—CdWri«ht, ; ' Calcutta, November 8. The . Guerilla tactics adopted by * tile Afridis are . proving very harassing to the British forces. The ' rebels nearly captured a foraging party. They killed two soldiers and wounded : five * Others. The . "Snipers," the name under winch these guerilla fighters are known, adopt the method . of detailing, one of their number to draw the fire of a sentry Or camp, when • the others, who havo made .a detour, • tire in the direction from ' which the sentry has fired, By . these tactics the Snipers S killed Lieutenant ; O. ', L. Gifford, of - the Northamptonshire Regiment, : and wounded several others. ; The column under Colonel Richardsou despatched to the ICuram Valley,' whilst making a reconnaisance along the Kurniiina . River, had a sharp fight with the tribesmen, upon whom severe punishment was inflicted.,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 5
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143INDIAN FRONTIER WAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 5
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