India.

Manawatu Herald, 25 September 1897, Page 2

India.

) ♦ Two thousand tribesmen attacked * a British camp at Sudda, in the b Eurram district, on tho night of the 16th inst. The rebels crept in the , darkness to within 20 yards of the i camp before they were observed, i Sharp fighting ensued, lasting for two hours, and tha tribesmen weve * eventually repulsed. The British J 1088 was only trifling. j The Mohuaanda, finding that they r are being worsted, are begging for i mercy. 3 The K.urram Valley ha 3 been | cleared of rebels. The Salaizais have declined to farther assist the Mohmands. 1 Colonel Jeffreys insists upon the *• surrender of their breechloading guns 1 by the Mohmands. \ The passage through the Nahaki t Pass was brilliantly forced by the • column under Brigadier-General 3 Westmacott. The descent of the pass was almost sheer, which rendered the feat all the more difficult. 3 He expects to effect a junction with 1 Colonel Blood's column at Lakaria. - They will then attack the Haddas, | who are assembled in the Bedmani . Pass, near Nawagai, to the number ; of 4000. a It 13 expected that the whole of the | British force will reach Shabkadar t on the 80 oh instant, and that the advance on Tirah, the stronghold of r the Afridis, will be commenced on f 4th October. Colonel Blood's camp was attacked 1 on Sunday by tribesmen, who were ' easily repulsed. i The tribesmen display splendid i courage in their attacks, and aro 1 amazingly active, besides which they are remarkably accurate marksmen. A second brigade of boats has been t constructed on the Indus. , It is feared that the black mountaineers of Baluchistan intend to , ripe. f The Mollah Hadda, attacked General Blood's force 3 at Lukavai on Monday night. The fighting con , tinued for several hours. i Lieutenant-Colonel H. 0. Wood- • house, commanding the third brigade, was severely wounded in the | knee. 1 The British lost one killed and 14 wounded. t The forces under Generals EUet and Blood have effected a junction. r A strong detachment of cavalry 1 haa been ordered to proceed to India. ' Colonel Jeffreys has completoly cowed the Mohmands. I — ___