BRITISH WEST AFRICA.
THE LATE DISASTER. United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 10 p.m., February 26th CAIRO, February 26 . The disaster near Sokoto is attributed to horses bolting, and the. disintegration of the troops in the square,. . ;
„■ A Londori cable message dated Wednesday Uast, February 21st, statsd that fanatics filled ffre'British- soldiers and" a company of mounted men at Sokoto. Sir Frederick Lugard, High Commissioner cf Northern - Nigeria, was sending a punitive expedition.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12911, 27 February 1906, Page 5
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73BRITISH WEST AFRICA. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12911, 27 February 1906, Page 5
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