The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-23

field shown as in the present instance. l say
generalship on the field, as distinct from the
actions of those who have the conduct Of the
campaign in their own hands. although they live
far from the seat Of war, and who aim Mt treat
ing the cruel and cunning mountainoers as
though they were enemies of superior moral
force. The war is interesting not only rs an
expositor Of the individual characters Of men of
the same nationality, but also by reason of its
affording us an opportunity Of judging the
ability of the different races and sub-tribes en-
gagged in it.
Although the campaign was nearly over when
Ileft Simla on Dec. 4, tho temptation was too
strong for mo to resist seeing the last of IL.
There were some more battles in prospect, and
the splendid mixed army OF the English on the
ono side. opposed to large forces of the Afridis on
tho other. were vet to be found in the field. The
dappcr. merry, little Gurkhas. the tall, i'm
penetrable sikhs. the broad-shouldered Pathan
devils" were all gathered together in the Tirah
in numbers such as arc not often seen.
On my arrival in Peshawur my eagerness to
learn more of the Pathans was increased by the
ferocious appearance of the people who throngcd
the streets. Looking across the broad, stony
valley of the Bara River, on which Peshawur Is
situated. the spot was pointed out to me where
Gen. brigados were camped for a
long time. just at the base of tho tall mountains
OF Tirah. which appear like an impenetrable
series OF fortrcsses, rising one above the other
in the distance. One could scarcely mag
inc that any living beings except goats and
wild tribes like the Pathans could exist in
those gloomy walls. and yet, at the moment.
there was the whole OF Gen. Lockhart's forces.
plodding slowly but surely through tho very
heart of that uncanny land. invading the snnc-
tum sanctorum Of his enemies and destroying
their penatcs. For the benefit Of those who
have not studied tho various phases of the war.
! will give q very brief resume Of the conduct of
the campaign in so far as the details are known
up to the present date.
Six months and a half ago a party of English
surveyors. under a political agent. visited the
supposedly friendly tribe inhabiting the Tochi
Valley, called Waziris. about 100 miles south
west Of Peshawur. for the purpose Of settling
amicably certain claims of old standing. The
English expedition wss attacked. and thereupon
arose the so-called "Tochi campaign" AS soon
as the English had begun their punitive opera
lions in the Tochi Valley many M~ohammedan
priests. under the leadership OF the Mullah
of Swat, took upon themselves the "holy"
work of melting tho f~anutical Bunnerwalls
and Swatis to join forces in attacking
those from whom they were receiving subsidies,
although both the Bunnerwalls and tho Swatis
are natural enemies OF each other and Of tho
Waziris. Their crusade began by an attack on
the post In tho Malakand Pass. fifty miles
northeast of Peshawur, and this was followed
by the Mohmnnd rising north of The Kabul
River and the destruction of a Village which
was under English protection at Shabkadar.
carly in August.
The Mohmands had also been wrought up to
tho fighting pitch by the exorcisms of their
priests, or mullahs, who knew that they them
selves could always escape danger, whatever
their disciples might suffer. 1t was easy work
for the mullahs to excite tho various tribes to
take up arms. for tho same warlike spirit domi.
mates tho Pathans of to-day that moved their
ancestors in the time of Alexander tho Great.
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