Evening star., 1897-06-11
Three Officers and Twenty-Five Men
Killed-As Many Wounded.
COL. BUNNY AMONG THE KILLED
Uprising Attributed to the Noto
rious Mullah of Powindah.
OTHER TRIBES MAY JOIN

BOMBAY. India. June IA dispatch re-
ceived here from Simla. the residence of
the Indian government officials during the
heated periods of the year. announces
serious trouble the northern frontier
and the massacre of a number of British
officers and native soldiers in the govern
Gent employ
From the particulars obtainabe at pres
=Et. it seems that two guns belonging to
Bombay mounted battery, escorted by
three hundred men belonging to the 1st
Re giment of Sikhas. and the 1st Punjab
Infantry. were treacherorsly attacked in
the Tochi valley by large force of hostile
Uatives
The first report said that Col. Bunny,
two officers and twenty-five privates had
toen killed. and that three officers and
twenty-five men had been wounded. In ad-
d.tion. numbers of mules and horses are
reported killed.
Regarded serious.
Indications are that the affair is more
than a mere conflict with warike natives
and that the notorious Mullah OF Powindah
is al the bottom of the trouble. The latest
acvice> are that a political officer. Mr. Nc
Gee, was visiting Shrani with an escort of
troops when he was attacked al Maiza by
were compelled to retreat, and were fol-
lowed for several miles by overwhelming
Numbers of the enemy.
The fighting was desperate. All tine
British officers We're severely wounded
Captain Browne of the 1st Sikhas a son
of the late Sir James Browne. and Lieuten-
ant Crookshank of the Royal Artillery,
were killed and Surgeon Higginson Lieu
tenant Higginson of the lst Sikhas. anu
Lieutenant Seaton-Browne of the Punja..
Infantry were wounded. The second dis
patch does not mention the death of Colo
ne! Bunny. but from the fact that it says
that Colonel Gray. from Miranshah, has
taken over the command of the British
force engaged it is inferred that Colonel
Bunny is also among the dead as at first
announced
Fear Other Tribes Will Rise.
Tochi valley lies north of GumaI ard
on the road to Ghuzni ard Waziristan. II
has been controlled by the British since
the delimitation of the Indo-Afghan from
tier. but the tribes there have always been
turbulent and anxiety is felt lest the other
tribes rise against the British
The Mullan of Powindah is well-known
to the British Indian authorities He Is
a notorious fanatical priest and has al
ways been hostile to British influence. Ow-
ing 10 an attempt which the Muliah recent
~ made TO stir up rebellion, he was eX-
PEELED from British territory. This caused
him 10 he deserted by his own people and
he has since lived in Afghanistan. and Is
understood TO have been actively plotting
againsi the British He took part in the
attack upon the British camp at Wano, III
November, 1S4-
While Colonel A. Fl. Turner the British
commissioner was engaged in 1884 In de-
limiting the Indo-Afghan frontier his
camp al Wano was attacked on November
3 OF that year by large force of WaZirl
tribes:nen-
The British lost about twenty private sol
followers
before the WaZiris were repulsed. The
latter left over 20 dead on the field
Later Confirmation
BOMBAY, India. June 1.-THE news of
the disaster on the frontier of British India
has been officially confirmed