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Afghan Frontier Aflame

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
August
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Simia, Aug. 19. - It is announced here that the whole frontier seems to be aflame. The Afridis are marching through the Khyber Pass upon Jamrud, while the Orakzais are advancing by Kurram and are threatening Samana. The Thirty-sixth Regiment of Sikhs, which is divided into detachments along the frontier, has been ordered to concéntrate at Fort Lockhart. The Gurrah and Samil-Mazasai have combined and threaten Parachonar in the Kurram valley, which is garrisoned by detachrnents of Goorkhas and Sikhs.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat