The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
Col. MeflxeIjOhn Forced to Evacuate
One of His Positions on "a Hin
at Mainland.
REBELS ARE 10000 STRONG
AND ARE WEARING OUT THE TROOPS
By DAY AND NIGHT ATTACKS.
Over 5000 Brazilian Soldiers Killed
by RebeIlious Fanatics-A singers
Murderers Condemned.

say the situation al Camp Malakand has
become serious. 1t is reported that Mad"
Mullah, the fanatical priest who is lead
ing the tribesmen of the Swat valley in
the uprising against the British, has a force
of forty thousand fanatics at his command.
dispatch from Bombay says that word
has been received there that natives in
large force made a second attack on the
fort at Malakand yesterday. The fighting
was severe. Thirteen of the British were
killed and thirty wounded, among the lat
ter being Lieutenant CASTILLO. The tribes
men lost one hundred. The worst feature
of the situation now is that the garrison is
short of ammunition, and it is feared that
the whole supply will be exhausted before
reinforcements arrive. The government is
making an effort to get these through in
time.
Later advices from Sima say the north
camp at Malakand was abandoned yester-
day afternoon, the troops concentrating on
Kotal. The attack began at $50 on the
previous evening and lasted until daybreak
yesterday. Desultory firing has continued
throughout the day. the tribesmen driving
the pickets. of whom thirteen (Sepoys) were
killed and forty-three wounded. The
Punjab Infantry, led by Lieutenant Chino,
in a succession of brilliant charges drove
back great masses of tribesmen, killing
ninety. The enemy is collecting in large
force and severe fighting is anticipated.
Reinforcements have been sent to Dargai
The Times this (Friday) morning pub
fishes a dispatch from Simla saying that
the road from Mardan to Malakand seems
FREE as an officer with an escort of only
four men passed safely along the road to
the camp on Wednesday. In the fighting
on Monday the tribesmen We're repeatedly
repulsed, but always returned to the at
tack and finally succeeded in penetrating
to the part of the camp where the commits
sariat sheds, the engineers field park and
the bazaar are situated. The native losses
must have been severe. as thirty bodies
were found at daylight, when the attackers
retired into the valley.
The Daily News prints a dispatch from
Malakand showing that the rising of the ma
tives is on a large scale. Each night, the
dispatch says, determined attack has been
made, lasting until daybreak, while during
the daytime the garrison is harassed by
parties on hills within range of the British
pickets. These tactics prove a severe strain
TO the troops, who fatigued with night fight
ing, cannot assume the offensive. Following
is description of the British position:
On GlQBS III d IOTtlHeU position, winch Is
held by the main body of the garrison, with
outlying posts on the Buddhist road to the
right and on the hill to the left. Down be-
low. on the Chakdan road is an open space
called the Crater, which is overlooked by
a rocky eminence. The north camp, which
the troops evacuated Wednesday afternoon
in order to concentrate upon the ridge, is
mile distant, and owing to lack of camels
a cOmnalled n a IA bai
tents. These were set on fire by the tribes
men. The conhagration must be taken as
an evidence of success which will be likely
to bring thousands of tribesmen flockng to
Malakand. On Tuesday Colonel Meikeljohn
was busy with his command moving the
stores to the ridge and building breast
works there. While this was being done
the tribesmen assumed a threatening at
titude, but did not make an attack. Five
hundred reinforcements arrived at the camp
Wednesday afternoon.
a later dispatch from Simla says: ION
Wednesday the enemy returned with rein
forcements and at 10 o'clock at night re-
newed the attack with equal determination.
charging, as on Monday night right up to
the breastworks. They were repulsed, how
ever, at adj points. The British losses were
much smaller than on the previous night
being only three officers wounded and two
native soldiers killed and eight wounded.
The enemy retired at daybreak.
carrying off their dead, but the
British soldiers were too much fatigued to
pursue them. A renewal of the attack is
expected tonight (Thursday) but the
troops are so strongly intrenched that no
anxiety is felt as to the result. Large sup
plies of ammunition are en- route by rail
way to Nowshera. Major Taylor has died
from his wounds. The list of casualties well
illustrates the necessity for an increase in
the number of British officers in the native
regiments. Heavy losses are almost newt
able in this sort of fighting and the officers
are bound to expose themselves while lead
ing their men"
Another Smla dispatch saws: LAS the
operations against the rebellious tribesmen
will be carried on on comparatively large
scale. all the forces. including the rein
forcements now en- route will be formed
into division of two brigades with a com
plete staff, the whole under command of
Col. Sir Bindon Blood. The first brigade
will be commanded by Col. Meikleiohn and
the second by Colonel Jeneres
Mischief Makers Deported.
BOMBAY, July %. - The editor of the
newspaper Vaibhan, published at Poona
has been arrested and brought here on the
charge OF sedition. Scidar Balwantraoo Ma
III and Huropant Ramchunder Natu. who
were arrested yesterday on a charge of
disloyalty, and escorted outside the limits
of the Poona colectorate, have been de-
ported under the act empowering the vice
row to issue a warrant for the arrest apd