FRONTIER FIGHT
NEW BRITISH CAMP ESTABLISHED United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SIMLA, May 17. A new British camp, established at the northern edge of the Shaw Paon, a wide grassy plateau at a height of 5000 feet on the watershed between Khaisora and Shaktu valleys, has been named Coronation camp. During the operations resulting in the capture of the camp. 50 tribesmen were killed and 40 wounded. Four Indians were killed and 39 wounded. Two British soldiers were wounded.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20731, 19 May 1937, Page 9
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80FRONTIER FIGHT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20731, 19 May 1937, Page 9
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