SNIPING DAY AND NIGHT.
ENEMY FORCES DWINDLING. A. and N.Z. BOMBAY. Jan. 20. The Derajat column arrived 'and encamped to-day without serious opposition oil the Great Serarogha plateau, about a mile west of Sh.ilmanzi. T&e enemy, confronting- us numbered about 200, and throughout the day harassed our picketing operations. There "was persistent sniping on both sides day and night. ; , Some tribesmen handed in a number of tribal rilies at Jandola, but there is not the slightest sign of peace, and very little effort appears to be made by the Waziris to "bring in the fines and rifles. The tribes are evidently doubtful of our ability, to enforce the terms. ■*. ■■■'■ ; * , ■< The Mahsuds, who continue to oppose the advance and snipe our pickets, have been t informed that there will be no cessation of hostilities until the fines and rifles are produced in full. : W' The opposing force has now dwindled to '1000 men. Naikiuch- village has been completely destroyed, as the enemy there mutilated the body of one of our dead.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17375, 23 January 1920, Page 5
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