Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1893 — WAR IN INDIA. [ARTICLE]

WAR IN INDIA.

Brltlali Troop* Vlctorioun hi u Sanguinary Conflict With Native Tribes. A Calcutta cable of tho 14th says: The British havo had a severe battle with tribes beypnd Chiltral. where tlie British havo been for some time endeavoring to strengthen tho Indian frontier against tho possibility of Russian encroachmept. Tho British recently occupied Chilas, beyond Chiltral, witli a garrison, and fortified tho place with the intention of holding ft permanently. Tho mountain tribes took offense and made an attack on the fort, which was bravely defended by the British. Tho conflict was desperate and sanguinary, and the natives were at length driven off with a loss of 200 men. Tho British then took tho aggressive and marched against the entrenched villages of tho hostile tribes. Owing to tho mountainous character of tho country this expedition was extremely hazardous, but the British troops acquitted themselves gallantly, storming village after village, under the command of Maj. Daniel, who wr.s himself shot through the heart w h ile lend ing his men In an assau 11 on one of tho villages. Every point occupied by the hostile natives was carried, tho British losing twenty-throe killed and 330 wounded in the fighting. The tribesmen finding themselves unable to resist any longer submitted to British authority. Tho result of tho struggle greatly strengthened the British position at what was considered its weakest points in the vicinity ut tho Hindu Kush.