WARLIKE AFRIDIS
BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGED. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Delhi, December (i. British troops were in conflict with Afridis on Aka-Khel plain on Thursday. Captain Henry St. Clair Ogilvie was killed by an almost spent bullet, and a private of the Seaforth Highlanders was wounded. The troops were covering road-making parties when the Afridis opened fire and attacked boldly till checked by a bayonet charge. The Jat. regiment and Seventeenth Dogras did good work in driving the attackers back.
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Southland Times, Issue 21262, 8 December 1930, Page 5
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82WARLIKE AFRIDIS Southland Times, Issue 21262, 8 December 1930, Page 5
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