A REPULSE.
In the House of Lords, on M^rch '21, Lord Knutsford admitted the accuracy of the report; from Freetown, Sierra Leone, that the British expedition to Tambi, in Sinegambia, had met with a severe repulse at the hands of the Natives ; that Captain Robinson and a private were killed, and all tbe officers of the expedition and thirteen of the men wounded. Lord Knutsford added that instructions had been sent to the Governor of Sierra Leone to use 800 men of the West India Regiment, stationed at Freetown, in renewing the attack on Tambi; Additional advices say the expedition consisted of 150 troops and seven British officers. Finding Tambi stockaded and defended by 2,000 Natives, the expedition made an assault, and, after three hours' fighting, were repulsed. The leading Natives, emboldened by their victory, then sallied out and attacked the expedition , which at once retreated. In the encounter five British officers and twenty men were severely wounded.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1904, 15 June 1892, Page 6
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158A REPULSE. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1904, 15 June 1892, Page 6
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