RAIDS BY AFRIDIS
CAMP NEAR PESHAWAR. ALARM IN THE OEDY. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) DELHI. August 10. The inhabitants of Peshawar are spending anxious days owing to the menace of the raiding Afridis growing ever nearer. Devout Moslems are praying for the success of the British and Indian troops. The main body of the Afridis, estimated at 10,000, is encamped in the Bara Valley, 12 miles from the city. Some 70 aeroplanes operated against them, dropping 6QOO bombs but it is believed that the Afridis casualties were very small. Meanwhile the main attack on Peshawar has not materialised.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21102, 12 August 1930, Page 9
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