NATIVE CHIEFS VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE.
Calcutta, September 4,
General Lockhart has embarked at Brindisi. He is expected to arrive at Bombay on the 18th inst. He will reach the front about the time that the expedition against, the Afridis is ready to start.
Native chiefs'from all parts of India have offered the services of their troops in the efforts of the Indian Government i to quell the revolt of the tribesmen.
The Viceroy of India has accepted the services of four infantry battalions and two companies of Sappers from the Punjaub. He also accepted offers of transport trains from the Maharajahs of Gwalior and Jaipur,
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8757, 6 September 1897, Page 2
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104NATIVE CHIEFS VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE. Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8757, 6 September 1897, Page 2
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