INDIAN FRONTIER
DERAJAT COLUMN ENCOUNTERS SMALL OPPOSITION. CEeutcr’o Telegram.) DELHI, February 5. Tho Mahsud position continues to * change rapidly. Tho arrival of a Wana VVazir reinforcement 1600 strong and two Afghan guns, under tho adventurer bhah Duela, inspirited the tribesmen, and the forces were increased by 400. The Derajat column advancing mot small opposition, and the aeroplanes and guns had good targets, killing twenty and wounding fifty. Tho enemy reinforcement then scattered, about 1000 being left at Dwatoi. Snow and rain is hindering our advance. Rumours of Afghans being among, the tribesmen are now generally not beliovod.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10508, 9 February 1920, Page 6
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