CENTRAL AFRICA.
... ATTACK OX A KOBIIRR TRIBIJ. BRITISH IXL'LICT HEAVY LOSS. - -United Press Electric Telegraph—Copy right. . LONDON. March 21. The. 'iibuks, a tribe of robbers in CeiiIral Africa, haying recently given trouble,. ■a, punitive '."expedition?, comprising upwiiwhs •of iv.-o (3bmpa.hie.3v.of infantry was despatched under Captain Booili, as political -officer in Boi'iiii. <• The infantry, showing smart'work,'closed up tils enemyV, wafer, holes, and then gradually ;• tormed the Tibuks' strongholds, consisting of piled, up'.-boulders in crevices and cayes in which "tlie enemy, were concealed. The infantry, who wore padded coats and blankets, were constantly, .harassed; by ih:> discharge ofip.oii-oned arrows".' The Tibuks' casiuiltie v to.i piled 300' on ■lhe ■ British side, - Lieutenant Chaytor and Thompson were; wounded, "and.' 'eleven, infantrymen were, killed, and forty wounded.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13241, 22 March 1907, Page 5
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122CENTRAL AFRICA. Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13241, 22 March 1907, Page 5
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