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Simla, Apr. 24.
Under orders from the Government of India, General Sir John Coleridge, G.O.C. Northern Command, will as-ime political control in Waziristan from to-day.
Steam-roller action to roll up the resistance of the hostile tribesmen in Waziristan began in earnest yesterday with the establishment "of a bridge head south of the Tachi River.
The British casualties, subject to confirmation, were two Indians killed and eight wounded, Losses suffecfed by the tribesmen are unascertainable, but are believed to have been very severe, Enemy concentrations south of Tachi camp were heavily bombed from the air while light tanks successfully supported the infantry in several operations.
The belligerently-disposed Fok of Ipi, the giant, red-bearded fanatic who has been inflaming the tribesmen on the North-West Frontier of India in recent months, did not move from his eave headquarters at Arsal~ kot during the day.
About 39,000 British and Indi troops are taking part In the opera-ions, Including the 2nd Infantry Brigade, the Wana Brigade consisting. of four battalions, the Razmak Brigade of six-battalions, the Ist Infantry Brigade, and the Bannu Brigade.
The whole force is commanded by Maj.-Gen. Eric de Burgh, Commander, Rawalpindi District. and a. former Deputy Chief of the General Stott in India, who has had long. experience of North-West Frontier fighting Ho estimated the total Revenue
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