Bombay, 11th June, A political officer escorted by two guns and 300 native infantry was surprised and attacked, while Testing at2 o'clock in the afternoon, by Mullicks in the Tachi valley and pursued several miles.
Colonel Bunny of the Ist Sikhs, Captain Browne, son of the late Sir J. Browne, and Lieutenant Cruikshank of the Bombay Mountain Battery were killed. n-Captain Higginson and Lieutenant Higginson of the Ist Sikhs, and Lieutenant Seton-Brown the Ist Punjautb Infantry were severely wounded. Fifty Sepoys were killed and wounded.
(The Tachi Btiver is an affluent of the a on the eastern border of Afghanistan.
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