THE INDIAN RISINGS
(by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) SEVERE FIGHTING WITH THE MIRONZAIS. PREACHING A JEHAD. MANIPURI BARBARITIES. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Calcutta, April 14. Detachments under Lieutenants Grant and Presgrave have joined Leslie’s column at Patch, 20 miles beyond Tamu. Intelligence has been received of General Graham’s safe arrival at Tamu. Severe fighting has taken place between the British troops and the rebel Mironzai for the possession of Samana ridge. Mollahs are preaching a Jehad (Holy War) against British authority, but the Affrides tribe are still hesitating to join the rebels. ' Rewards have been offered for the capture of the Regent. Officers of the British detachment who were captured by the Manipuris were speared and dismembered in the presence of the whole force.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 998, 17 April 1891, Page 19
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122THE INDIAN RISINGS New Zealand Mail, Issue 998, 17 April 1891, Page 19
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