“NO ONE KNOWS-”
ECHO OF AMRITSAR. GENERAL DYER’S ACTION UPHELD. Vfcr Telegraph—Pres* Aasociatton —Copyrif h% Sydney " Bun ” Oabla. (Received May 15. 9.5 a.m.) LONDON. May 14 Giving evident'© in the O’Dwyer libel case General Beynon. formerly Commanding Officer at Lahore, said: “If General O’Dwyer had not opened fire at Amritsar, his forces' would have been wiped out in two minutes and no one knows what would have happened afterwards. General Dyer saved the Punjab from being overrun by Anarchy. ’ ’ General Dyer, reporting on the AmT*t*ar occurrence to General Beynon, had stated that his party fired 660 founds, and it was estimated that between 3000 and 3000 were killed. General Beynon added: ‘‘General Dyer is one of the best officers, with sound military views and long experience in India. His native troops loved
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17350, 15 May 1924, Page 7
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