The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-11

EXPEDITION
would have adopted the latter route, but
that is long passed. Tho ameer of Afghan
istan, though he and his people are nomi-
nally independent of either of the great
powers, is now and for some years has been
friendly to the English.
It was about ten years ago that the
British discovered tho value Chitral might
some time be to them. There was then
some danger of o wal between Russia and
tho English in India on account of what is
known as the Penjdch incident. just
what the latter amounted to does not mat
ter at this time, but the complications to
which it gave rise were SO serious as to
cause the establishment of a British resi-
dence at Chitral and tho extension of a SUI
zerainty over tho region, whose sovereign's
tito is that of mehtar.
The Kashgar region is only a part of the
greater territory termed Yaghistan, which
includes Swat, ruled by an ahkoond and
peopled by tho Swatis, tho lands OF the Yu-
sufzais, tho Utman Khels and the Mo-
mands ard tho countries known as Bajaur
and Dir. Amir-ul-Mulk, . younger son
in tho rcigning house of Chitral, had to
leave the country some years ago on &C
count of political complications and his
elder brother, Nizam-ul- Mulk, was mohtar
in Chitral until recently. The younger
brother, however, who had fallen into a
religious lifc-paganly religious, of course
somewhere in southern India, dreamed
that he was to reign in his cider brothers
stead. So he FASTENED to Chitral, hid be-
hind q rock pile near which tho nchtar
must pass, shot the unfortunate ruler dead
and proclaimed himself mehtar. Then one
Shcr Afzul, an unclo OF the TWO. appeared
and said ne had q pct.er flghe - % ineneAr
OF Chitral then had Amlr-ul-Mulk. Sher
Afzul got help from Umra Khan, the saw
age ruler sof Jhandol, ana the combined
forces Of tho two attacked the British resi-
dence OF Chitral and cut OIL the supplies OF
Mr.. Robertson, the resident there, n ms
garrison. There was danger that robert
son and his supporting force would DC
wiped out, D 1t was Ibis tnat caused
General Sir Robert =. Low TO pc sent 10
Chitral from Pcshawar.
At tho latter place and the nearby STA
lions OF Nowsllern and Hot1 about l5,00o
British troops, including the historic guide
corps founded by Colonel Luinsdcn, nave
been regularly statloncd Tor some years.
As Is usual in similar British expeditions
the guide corps preceded the main pody OF
troops on the march to Chifral, and before
the advance had been pushed very Tar tne
gallant little corps, 2 command OF
Colonel Battye, was completely annihliat-
ed by the natives.
The method adopted in this humiliation
was peculiar to the territory and the hos
tile forces which comprised it. The entire
region through which the relief party nad
to pass is OF the most broken description
and abounds in narrow, dark deilies be-
tween PERCEPTIONS heights. While Cclonel
Battye and his men were marching through
n Of these straitened passages 2 BODY OF
natives massod at the top OF the ciii1s anu
rolled down q perfect torrent OF powders
upon tho devoted heads OF the British, not
one Of whom was left alive. However, ~
spite OF this other setbacks, the Bit
ish have succeeded IN reviewing NJ. hopert-