A FRENCH REVERSE.
Paris, September 20.
News has been received from the Western Soudan that the forces under Samary, the well-known Mohammedan chief, have engaged and dispersed a French native detachment operating at Lobi. Two' officers and six riflemen attached to the French party were killed, while 38 are reported as missing.
September 23. The object of the French detachment which was attacked by Samory's force* while proceeding' to Lobi was to require the evacuation of the place by the natives. The disaster was brought about by gros» treachery on the part of Samory himself.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2274, 30 September 1897, Page 13
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160A FRENCH REVERSE. Otago Witness, Issue 2274, 30 September 1897, Page 13
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