Show SMART UNDER DEFEAT II wkI L1 I J Staunch Resistance of Tribesmen Gives Britain Misgiving j NOT EASILY SUBJECTED WILL HAVE TO BE CONQUERED YARD BY YARD sews of the Massing of the Afridis i Also Disquieting Large Decrease De-crease of Sugar Production I Germany Ger-many Austria and France Germany Ger-many Wants Samoa Foreign LOndon Oct 2L The staunch resistance resist-ance of the insurgent tribesmen when the British forces stormed the Dargal ridge on theSamara range yesterday afternoon and the apparently heavy loSes of the British in that engagement engage-ment arE facts viewed with serious serous misgivings in London today The insurgents in-surgents were evidently in great force for in addition to being able to make t a stubborn stand against the British advance they had a contingent ot I rfOOO men to spare for a talking movement move-ment Not any of the stories of the t fierce engagements suggest any demoralization de-moralization of the enemy who re tired in good order and proceed to construct fresh defensive work on the adjacent hills showing that Afridiland wilt probably have to be conquered yard by yard The news of the massing of the Afridis in the Sampagha pass and I the report that they are erecting strong fortifications there Is also most disquieting I dis-quieting as The newsaners here criticizes the pan of campaign which apparently necessitates capturing the same t ground twIce a the Dargai ridge which was carried on Monday was i left for the tribesmen to reoccupy Wm on i Tuesday But i appears that the I British force which nrst captured the ridge w not provided with commissariat commis-sariat supplies and the difficulties ot I insurmountable forwarding them from the base were Six officers and 100 men were killed or wounded in the storming of the Dargai ridge I |