WEST AFRICAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
« A SEVERE ENGAGEMENT. [per press association J Calcutta, December IG.—Marching from Bherkhel to Baikal, General Weatmacott's loarguard met with groat difficulty in repelling fit-rce and persistent attempts to outflank them. The ammunition becamo cfehau.ited, and the troops were in gra Ye peril Until it was replenished. When General Westmacott camped on tho hillside for the night, the tribesmen desperately charged almost up to the bayonet point. The British kept up a withering fire, and ranelled the natives The British lost 60, while tha tribesmen's punishment was tho severest of tho campaigu. General Sir William Lockhart intends to open tho Khyber Pass to punish the Zakka Khels. He will clear the Baznr Valley down to the lowest of the Kara Valley.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 11102, 17 December 1897, Page 2
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124WEST AFRICAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 11102, 17 December 1897, Page 2
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