Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-23 | Page 3 | Afghans Again are Beaten by British

AFGHANS AGAIN ARE ,,, BEATEN BY BRITISH I l a. Al.j.v. May 22. (British Wireless i-Britisa troops gained new suc-Jut suc-Jut o 'jut the Afghans on May IB and ma on May IS the situation in the " 1,11 of llakkaa. west of the lndo-Af-F. A . " frontier near the Khyber-Pass, was nl.jn ".-I as very satisfactory by the ,,-j. v -iiMi'ler of the First Indian division Brin -lnces 1 the Indian government for- -waiter. On Sunday the British held Mis west of Dakkaa and occupied 1 iib uf Sherabab and Ruba, about nuts nort.nvest of Dakkaa. The suc-" suc-" against the Afghans are said to " w a beneficial effect on the Af- in tribes. 1 May 18 the British forces at Dak- . attacked by a large force of - io were eventually driven off. i-rilisli and Indian casualties were the nth the First Indian brigade M ,T,Tat'0" of airplanes, at- Uio Afghans on the hills west of i ',"1 aPtured the hills. The i tl , hheA fhan forue was rePor'- ?1 Hltallons and es- four of ZZ caP"ireU. More than 100 I V l7 Mere killed 1,1 lhe fiShting ij ; Most or them were identi-A'snan identi-A'snan regular troops.