WAZIRISTAN FIGHTING
THE CASUALTY LISTS LONDON, Feb. IS A despatch published in an official gazette from General Sir Robert Cassals, Commander-in-Chief in India, detailing operations in Waziristan from January to September, 1937, reveals that the British casualties, which numbered 180 ki'led and 446 wounded, included 16 British officers killed and 27 wounded, while 23 British of other ranks were killed and 51 wounded.
There were 141 Indians killed and 368 wounded, and also three Air Force officers killed and three wounded. It was estimated that the enemy casualties amounted to 700 killed and 350 wounded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22968, 21 February 1938, Page 11
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95WAZIRISTAN FIGHTING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22968, 21 February 1938, Page 11
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