The record-union., 1897-08-25
Afridis Attack and Capture the Fort
in Myber Pass.
Also Attempt to Take the Post at Sudda,
but Fall.
The Area Of Active Fighting En-
1arging Rapid1y-The British
Authorities Mobi1izing Thirty
Two Thousand Men for Fronticr
Operations.

LONDON, Aug. 24.-An official dis
patch to-day from Simla announces
that Fort Maude, in the Khyber Pass,
has been captured by the Afridis after
desperate fighting.
The garrison. which was composed of
native levies, known as the Khyber
Rifles, retired with the loss of three
men. The Afridis burned the fort.
The fate of Fort Ali Musjid, which
was simultaneously attacked by the
Afridis, is not known
The British officer commanding at
Jamesud moved a battery of artillery,
escorted by the Fourth Dragons, yes
terday to the mouth of the Khyber Pass
and shelled the enemy at a range of
5000 yards.
The Afridis retired, but the battery
returned to Jamesud, the officer in COM
mand deeming it inadvisable to enter
the pass.
General Ellos will begin a concerted
move against the insurgent tribesmen
to-day.
FIGHTING CONTINUES.
SlMLA, Aug. 24.-Later details of the
capture of Fort Maude by the insur-
gent tribesmen show that the garrison
of that place retired at $50 d. m. yes
terday, and the fort was burned half an
hour later. The garrison reached Col
mel -Wesmacott's relief column, coming
from Kohat at 11:3O D. m.
At the same time that Fort Maude
was abandoned the Khyber rifles garri-
sonlng Fort Jewangera were compelled
| to abandon that place. The area of act
i've fighting is charging rapidly
The Afridis late this evening at
tackled with great determination the for
titled post at Sudda, but were not sue
| cessful in capturing it,
Parohinar was attacked to-day. The
results of this attack and of the fighting
at Fort Ali Musjed are not known. There
are two English ladies with the garrison
at Parochinar
The British military authorities have
now modified 81, 600 men for frontier
operations which, with the frontier gar
risons, makes $1,000 men available for
use against the insurgents
SITUATION GRAVE.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-It is admitted,
even in official circles, that the news
from India is of the gravest description.
All those who are familiar with the sit
to the rising of the warlike Afridis, who
are estimated to muster -. 900 men The
Afridis, however, only form a part Of
the insurgents.
A letter from India, published in the
STANDARD" emphasizes the belief that
the Sultan of Turkey is at the back of
the whole uprising. The Afridian news
papers comment severely on what they
Of Co1s -I,,
plomacy
SEPOYS MASSACRED.
PESHAWAR. Aug. Pit is reported
that a large number of Afridis, led by
fanatical priests, attacked the Sepoys
near Fort Ali Musjed at noon yesterday,
massacreing 300, capturing their rifles,
and then proceeded in large forces to
make an attack upon the British garri-
son on the Lowergat.
There is a very uneasy feeling in
Quetta, where the troops are under
orders to be in readiness to march to
Newchalom, which is the extreme out
post of the Afghan frontier of Khanda-
har and on the edge of the Registrar
Desert, between the provinces of Toba
and Pishin.
NORTHERN CHIEFS ARRESTED.
BOMBAY, Aug. 24.-The bridges in
the upper Punjab are strictly guard
ed by troops. 1t is reported that when
the Mohammedans attacked Fort Sha-
bakdar they buried all the sacred
books of the Sikh Temple there.
This excited the greatest Indignation
among the Sikhs throughout the prov
ince, and the Sikh troops on the from
tier are greatly incensed.
The Bombay Gazette announces
that three of the principal chiefs Of
Beluchistan, Sfrdas, Mehratta, Whan,
Ghomeshokais and Yarmahomed were
arrested on the arrival of the Mush-
KAT Bolan mail train, on which they
had been induced to come to Quetta to
meet the Governor Generals agent
who arrived on a special train shortly
before
Gomesbakhis is the son-in-law of Sir
Darsir Arad Khan, one of the most
loyal chiefs Of Beluchistan. All three
of the chiefs arrested belong in the
Sarahakan division Of Beluchistan.
They are suspended of having engaged
in intrigues against the Government,
and it is said have been disaffected for
some time.
The arrests caused a great sensation
among the Mohammedans and further
important developments are expected.
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