INDIAN FRONTIER WAR.
BRITISH . REAR' GUARD, -'"'* ATTACKED. SOME SHARP'FIGHTING. . Press Electric Telegraph,-Copyright. Calcutta, December 14 : Brigadier-General Kejipter's rear guard," four hundred strong, was surrounded on the lltli, whilst transporting the wounded.- The force was unable to reach the camp at Sherkl, but seized a village and . held it until relieved. Thirty-five casualties are reported, including four of the Gordon Highlanders killed and 19 wounded. Sharp fighting took place while crossing the BaVari river.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10626, 15 December 1897, Page 5
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73INDIAN FRONTIER WAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10626, 15 December 1897, Page 5
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