SERIOUS CLASH.
INDIAN TROOPS ATTACKED BY TRIBESMEN. BRITISH OFFICER SHOT DEAD FROM BEHIND. LOSSES IN HAND TO HAND FIGHTING. (Received Tuesday, 9.20 pan.) DELHI, August 26. A serious clash occurred yesterday near Dome!, in the Bannu district, between Government forces and a large armed force of Hathikhel Wazirs. A mixed force of Regular infantry, frontier constabulary and police left Bannu early in the morning to prevent a meeting of hostile tribesmen. Captain F. Ashcroft, of the 6-13th Frontier Force Rifles, was shot dead from behind, and fierce hand to hand fighting resulted in nine Indian soldiers being killed and ten wounded, while 26 tribesmen were killed, five wounded and TO taken prisoner.
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Wairarapa Age, 27 August 1930, Page 5
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