THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16608, 4 December 1919, Page 3

THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

SUCCESSFUL AIR ATTACK-

Bj Telegraph—Pres? Assn,—Copyright. LONDON, Dec. 1. A message from Dattakhcl says the recalcitrant Maddkcl to-day realised the inflexibility of the British terms, j A reply to the 21 hours’ ultimatum was not rcci tv’erl at eight o’clock in the 'morning, and within half an hour IV 'aeroplanes were flying over Ismail Kbcl : with a full complement of bombs. The airmen unloaded loiu tons on the recalcitrants, descending to 300 feet, and leaving the villages in heaps of dust. Further bombing opera lions against the Waziris will probably he, unnecessary, though a column may march through tire IVaziris’ country to impress the tribesmen.—Reuter Service. 1 DELHI, Dec. 2. Sniping is reported from Siatara Camp, near Ahmnsgid. Twenty raiders attacked a Khyher caravan near i Landikotal, wounding two Indian ; sowars. , , , I Afridis and Oraknzal gangs burned i the shops of the Nariah in Kohat. Some * of the raiders were killed, and otheys 1 were captured.—Hunter Service.