A GAMBIAN ADVENTURE
LONDON, Feb 17. It is feared that a British officii* litis lost his life in an extraordinary brigandage outbreak in the Gambia district of Sierra Leone. After the expulsion from French "ninea of a native thereof, the latter entered British territory, and, according to British official advices, gathered native followers. The position became so serious that a platoon of the West Africa Frontier Force was hurriedly dispatched. This was followed by another platoon. At present the situation is quiet.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17502, 26 February 1931, Page 7
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82A GAMBIAN ADVENTURE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17502, 26 February 1931, Page 7
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