09-16-2006, 12:49 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->From New Era , Mauritius , 25/09/1947, p1.
Quoting Noel Buckley, R.S.C., 24/09/1947:
'600 hundred survivors including 400 wounded from refugee train attacked on Monday night near Amristar, East Punjab (India) reached Lahore, West Punjab (Pakistan) by road today.
I talked with some of the less seriously wounded who said that Sikh troops took part in the attack.
These survivors, still wearing their blood-stained clothes said they were saved through being hidden under bodies of dead and dying fellow passengers. Survivors said [the] train which left Delhi on Sunday was first attacked at Beas about 30 miles east of Amritsar . This attack was beaten off.
Later [a] train carrying Sikh troops passed [the] refugee train. When it reached Amritsar and pulled [a] short distance beyond the platform survivors said Sikh troops and [a] crowd of armed Sikhs joined and fired on [the] train from [the] other side of the track. They added that escorting troops (said to be Hindu jats) only fired over the heads of attackers but [the] British Officer commanding [the] escort fired machine guns until he was shot. [The] Sergeant of escort was also reported to have been killed and 4 others ranks wounded. Survivors said attack began at 1800 GMT and went on for three hours. Towards dawn [the] train was shunted back to [the]platform. Unconfirmed reports reaching here from Amritsar said that dead numbered 1,200 and there were 400 wounded in Amritsar hospitals.'
From New Era , Mauritius , 25/09/1947, p1.
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Quoting Noel Buckley, R.S.C., 24/09/1947:
'600 hundred survivors including 400 wounded from refugee train attacked on Monday night near Amristar, East Punjab (India) reached Lahore, West Punjab (Pakistan) by road today.
I talked with some of the less seriously wounded who said that Sikh troops took part in the attack.
These survivors, still wearing their blood-stained clothes said they were saved through being hidden under bodies of dead and dying fellow passengers. Survivors said [the] train which left Delhi on Sunday was first attacked at Beas about 30 miles east of Amritsar . This attack was beaten off.
Later [a] train carrying Sikh troops passed [the] refugee train. When it reached Amritsar and pulled [a] short distance beyond the platform survivors said Sikh troops and [a] crowd of armed Sikhs joined and fired on [the] train from [the] other side of the track. They added that escorting troops (said to be Hindu jats) only fired over the heads of attackers but [the] British Officer commanding [the] escort fired machine guns until he was shot. [The] Sergeant of escort was also reported to have been killed and 4 others ranks wounded. Survivors said attack began at 1800 GMT and went on for three hours. Towards dawn [the] train was shunted back to [the]platform. Unconfirmed reports reaching here from Amritsar said that dead numbered 1,200 and there were 400 wounded in Amritsar hospitals.'
From New Era , Mauritius , 25/09/1947, p1.
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