The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
ANOTHER IHSURGEN7 SUCCESS
BRLTIsHERs SEEM TO BE BAF.
FLED BY DAULATzAIs
Late News From the Front, However.
IN General Way, Gives a More
Hopeful FEELING to the Queens
Soldiers.

simla, Aug. 2S.-News has lust hear
received here Of another insurgent sue.
cess. The Daulatzais on Thursday last
captured the police post at Moaammed
Sa1' which was gar.soned by a detach-
ment Of border police. The garrison re.
treated to a new posi- held by detach-
Hlent OF the Second Punjab infantry
reaching the next morning.
As che flying column commanded bv
Colonel Richardson, which left Hsne1,
on thursday to reinforce the post on
me Banana range, which was attack zd
by Insurgents, was returning after re-
pulsiaS the enemy the enemy rallied
Nl1 attached the British force on Jh5
plaln. The tribesmen, however. al
lAougn in great strength. were again
/ driven off with heavy loss,
On the British SIDE Captain Bair-
Snath and Lieutenant North Of the
e..' lusileers and eight men of the
FunJab infantry were wounded.
The British post at Takka was al
lacked yesterday The Fifteenth six
naS- VITA IWG guns were sent to rein
4ofce the garrison, but their advance
was stu5bornly opposed There was
AeaNy nTlng all last night in the direc-
tlOn Oh the SunnaWari most on the Sa-
mana range. Colonel Vaughan. com
3.anaing at Fort Leckharj. hearing Of
.fne large and threatening. gathering OF
The Orakzais above Fort Gulistan on
the SANTANA range, started to the as
slstance of-the garrison with $50 rifles
The CORPS that shortly before his ar
rival AZ Fort Gunistan yesterday morn
lnSS were reconnoitering partly under
Major. Zesv0euXs, who commands al
fOII trunlStdn, was compelled 10 retire
under FIRE
IN addition Lieutenant Blair was Sc
verely wounded while cutting off The
enerny's water The British forces sue
ceeded in driving back the enemys
Diokets
The latest news from the front is not
Of more hopeful character than that
received in the last few days, though it
IS true that the attempted raid of the
hohat district has been repealed and
that the Orakzais have taken TO the
hills. But against the Temporary sue
cess OF the British arms must be set
the very serious state of affairs pre-
Vailing at Quetta, Beluchistan There
is little doubt that if the fort there is
attacked the chances OF the garrison 5
safety is slight, The fortifications are
practically worthless and the place is
said TO he inadequately manned The
ily dispatch a relief force to Quetta for
that purpose, as it is almost entirely
Isolated
Another note If alarm is another in
comprehensive one in view of the gal
liant defense made in the cases of Forts
Ali-Musjid and Lundi Kotal. comes
this morning from Jamrud. from which
place a dispatch announces that the
British military authorities yesterday
deemed il wise TO disarm the Khyb5r
rifles forming part Of the garrison of
Jhat place. The situation Of the out
living garrisOns on the SANTANA range is,
next to Quetta. the center Of interest.
in view of the urgent need Of re-
Inducements, and Colonel Gordon will
tomorrow lead a column OF troops
through the Rohal pass into the Aman
district on the other hand is a hope
full sign in the well authenticated re-
port that dissensions have broken out
among the Afridis.