New-York tribune., 1897-07-30
HARD FIGHTING IN CHlTRAL
THE SITUATION AT CAMP MALAKAND
SERIOUS.
MANY KILLED AND wOUNDED-THE GARhisoN
SHORT OF Observation-Disclosures
MENTs on THE WAY.

MENTs on THE WAY.
Rombav Juv 9s-The situation at Camp Maia-
kand has become very serious Word mas peeh re-
ceivcd that the natives In large force maoe W
ond attack on the fort yesterday. Inc "s"''"s -, 80
very severe Thirteen OF the British were kiheu
and thirty wounded. the latter including 'e"'"'"'
Caste.lo The trlbesmen lost Io ~
The worst feature Of the situation no" 10 '
the garrison Il short of ammunition; II IL ieareo
that the whole supply will be exhausted oeio'.
Inducements arrive. The Government 10 "e
| the greatest efforts to get these thro"s" y.
| II Is reported that Mad Muiiah nus
| least 10000 tribesmen. ~,
| Scidar Balwantrao Natu and Huropant Ran-
| chunder Notu who were arrested yesterday on
charge OF dsloyalty and escorted OUTSIDE 'ne ','
OF the Poona Collectorate. have been depor.eu u
der the act empowering the Nlceroy 'o i's
warrant for the arrest and deportation wi.'o"
| trial Of persons known 10 be engaged III u''ios"
| practices This power has not been exercised io'
| many years 1t was last employed during the
| viceroyaltv of Lord DuTerin, when Dhuieep ',,'s
was arrested at Alden while en- route TO stir up us
content in the Punjab. in furtherance OF p'""s
| formed during sojourn in Russia i's p'e'e"'
employment has made "A great sehsauo" "'"'"e
| Europeans and natives alike.
II is believed that the hostility OF the Natu family
| Is due to the fact that one OF the brothers, VINO
had been afflicted with the plagu,. was sent 10 the
Poona segregation camp. along with the low castles.
| The neighbors OF the Natus could not understand
! why wealthy Srdar should be treated ike the
common people and on all sides was heard the sig
nifcant remark, You Will see what VIII haPPe"
when Nau comes out.
The editor of the newspaper 'Viabhah pun
lshed at Poona has been arrested ana brought mere
on the charge OF sedi.lOn.
SimIa July 29-The North Camp at Malakahu
was abandoned yesterday afternoon, the troops co"-
centrating on Kotsl. The attack began at S:So on
the previous evening and lasted until daybreaK yes
;erday. Desu!tory fighting continued throughou.
! the day the trbesmcn driving in the pickets OF
whom thirteen Sepoys were. killed and forty-'"o
! wounded The Punjab Infantry. led by Lieutenant
| Chino in a succession of brilliant charges drove
back great masses OF the tribesmen kiing ninety
The enemy is collecting in large force ana severe
fighting is anticipated Reinforcements nave pee"
| sent to Dargai.
| London Julv 3o-"The Times this morning pub
| fishes a dispatch from Simla saying that the ROAD
| from Mardan to Malakand seems free' as an oi'-
Ger with an escort of only four men passed saieiS
along the road to the camp on wednesday, III .,,e W
fighting on Monday the tribesmen were repea'eu'y
repulsed but always returned TO the attack, ana
finally succeeded in penetrating to that part ol 'e
camp where the commissariat sheds. the engineers
field mark and the bazaar situated. The natives
losses must have been severe, as thirty poue IN,
found at daylight when the attackers re'ie" ''
'.The Daily News" prints dispatch from ! Mala an
kand showing that the rising of the natives Is on Il
iSrpa scale Fa ch night the dispatch says, a de-
termined attack has been made. lasting untii day
break while during the daytime the garrison IS tho ma
rossed bv parties on the hills within range ot i aie
British pickets These tactics prEYe ;, a,sh dehting
to the irOops Ss Th0, arneye fatiEae' VIII" "'S
Following Is description OF the Brush pHd h,.
on ridge is fortified position Whch II ge posts
the main body of the garrison WIN ou'y"x I'll,
on the Buddhist road 10 the right ana on .''s IN ,,,
is an open space called the crater. when Is Over
looked by rs roskg sgvacmated on Wednesday after
room in order to concentrate upon the riust sba
mile distant and, owing to LACK OF 1r eaines, ,oi w.
troops were compefd r n TO ,bn pbssmen and the
conaagration must have been visible many i Hi,es
y owy sccess as which viii be likely bring thousands
OF tribesmen flocking to Malakanh' .,s,, r,,tt,
h'S on ncommand moving the stores to the ridge and
building brcastworks there WINE thIs WI VIZ o,H t
tude hmt did not make an attack Five hundred
endorsements arrived at the camp !e''e'''s
dssDatch from simla says that Wednes,
dav The enemy returned with reniorcemenis' am anh
eouaI determination. charging, as on Monday ngn,
right up the breastworks InGy , Teie isses We're
b smaller than on the previous night being
only three officers wounded and two native SOU so'ea
Iavbreak carving off their dead. but the bILusn
soldiers were too much fatigued 10 pn[dSu pd nsh;
TrhnrsS"T9 hut the troops strongly en-
renched th?t anxiety Is felt as 10 me na
Large supplies of ammunition are en- route "S la"
Major Tayor has died from his wounds tn, ~
an ncreasc In the number OF British officers In th'
native regiments Heavy losses are all, almost 9 IN
evita9e in this sort OF sh'nE a"T While lie eadnl
their men As the operations viii he carried rn n Ul
arSe scae now an an is route viii b
formed into division Of two origaors; Wd" q
complete sa tine S WHOLE sn Under srst Srisade vii
be mmanded by Colonel Meiklejohn and the sec
ond by Colonel Jefreys