THE NIGER AFFAIR.
SHARP FIGHTING TAKES PLACE,V
(Bemud February 17,9.50 a.m.) ■ London, February 16. Depatches from tho Niger const state that sharp bush fighting has occurred between the British expedition sent agaiiist King of Benin's warriors,
| Commander Pritchard was killed and several British officers wounded. The native town of Ologoho, half-V way to the Benin capital, hag been occupied by the British.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5561, 17 February 1897, Page 2
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62THE NIGER AFFAIR. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5561, 17 February 1897, Page 2
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