| Show I k Q I 11 I I THE IIALAKAND FIELD FORCE 1I 1 I I i I I 11 1 1 I III I I lord Randolph Churchills Son Sends Out an i I q k f I it I I Interesting Book I I I 1 t It I I I I I 14 I ru of the C cmantoprint JIltIb sleldbeint In I 1 IrIffhHC In I fur IT T o 1 l i loellli Troops T I 4 1 I 11 11 I New York March 21In this city I I I i 1 w I nd London today a bright and breezy J1 I book The Story of the Malakand I 4 I Field Force from the pen cf Lieutenant 1 l I l q Lieu-tenant Winston Spencer Churchill ot I I I I J1 the Fourth British hussars won 1I 5 I placed before the public by Messrs 1 I II i A Longmans Co Lieutenant Chut chill I 1 I 1 I I Is I 0 gTandsoin or tile late Leonard Je I i I t 0 I I rome of New York and Is I the son ol I to J I the late Lord Randolph Churchill The 11 r I lo book will doubtless be welcomed b > 1 IT l to I I ft I those who delight III reports picturesquely t I pictu-resquely made of deeds of valor and I Il I I 11 al I lard lighting genrnlly under flits great I I rat difficult lonThe young lieutenant has J i 1i I A blended accurate detnllshaid facts ana I I figures dates and numca with Pletty I 9 I t if pictures of Indian warfare and title I 1 I I examples of heroism and endurance i 1 I I 1 both among and friend and foe I I 4L Some Idea of the country In whlth I 4 I the fighting took pl ace can be tunned i I from the following extract t r The Himalayas ore not a line but I 11 4 great Country of mountains Stand 0 I Ing oil Some lofty paw ur commanding 1111 If point In Lily hnnt or finjiur range I I i after range Is I seen as the long surges I I 0 t lo 11 of an Atlantic Dwell I 1 and In the din I a tanee some gllttellng now peak Bug ti r getting a whitecrested toiler hlghel A I I than the rest The drenching ruins II which fall each year have mashed the i I 3p I 111 I 8 oil from the Bide of tho hills until i they liae become trnly grd I 1 X 1 I fly numberless wour and the I I I I I lackprhnvv l rok le everyA her Cat 11 10 1 it Tho1 n1 Sediment has I A t 110 the vaUPa whIch Iy between a I and mad their statfuce slantlybovel and I 4 f broad gain the rain hall cut tilde I 4 I I deep and outnntlychlgllg chan I I I nol through title soft 1lt great a a I gutters hlh sire 1m time vnty ill IN I L feet dp and to or three hlild1 I 11 o I I yards nr Theme tire tile nuloh ii 10 I 11 luly tho maller 01 are dry and t k I t I tl I I the larger cupled only hY Streams 4x t I 4 but in the Pension of the ulna aunnnl I I 4 i water iwurs I down all and In a fw 1 I 4 f hour the brook line become an 1m I It A g r tolerable torrntnll the river swelled I t I rile a nailing flood ublell cavc the f 49 I I I bank found which It nullIs and cuts I t I t I I I the hnn1 dlr year by year J I i t The gas nt tribesmen are described I I 1 I a 0 follows I 1 ltl i It it Except nt the times or Putting and L 01 harvest 0 continual state of feud I I I and ol prevails throughout the fl t lead Tribe wars with tribe The people of one volley light with those of the il 1 I next One 1 attacks I another To I I the quarrels 01 0mnulIlll are Added 1 4 I the combats of Individuals Klnn ns I 11 Balto khan each supported bj his tea I te-a Every tribesman has n blood 14 L I I feud with film nelxhhjr Every mans I I 11 hand Is I against the other and all I A against the trngr it Nor ate these Struggles Conducted I wih the weatlons mlilch usually belong I I to tho races 01 such deofopment 10 I I I the frocly of the Zulu tire added the It erC of tile Itedskin UIII the mrkmn I I hip of the IS met AI a hound yards Il Olt the traveler falls mounded by I tile well I I If aimed bullet 11 of a breechloading rllle I I I I Ills sunual lat I approaching cuts him il I I In pieces as ho lien bleeding with I 1 qi t 1 4 the fury of 1 SouthSea Islander The 41 1 i I r millions of the nineteenth century are J I 5 In the hands of the ravages of the stone 11 a e If TT 1 gh Malakand Is I then described at I I 11 1 I length the following extract giving R I IV 1M I tome I t of the scene of so much ill severe fighting 41 f i J 1 I The Malakaml Is I like a gnat cup f I 1 I of which the rim It I brlken Into num I 1m 4 I I o erous clefts and Jagged points At the I X I i hottoth of this J cup Is the crater ramp I III I d lot ul ill1r L I 4 The deepest cleft Is the Malakind rpt I I A rp-t The highest of the jagged points Is 1 I I Guides lllll on a spur of Nhlch the I 1 1 t fort stands It needs no technical 01 I i knowledge to see that to defend such 1 1 4 I I place the rim of the cup must beheld I I be-held But In the Malaknnl l the Imttom 1 of the cup Is too small to contain the I I 1 necessary garrison Tito whole Purl I 4 lon I Is I therefore from Iho military I 18 point of view I bad and Indefensible I i 1 I 1 Touchthr the Policy whict A 4 upon r J k t 11i I brught about the outbreak 1leutnant I it I I Churchill 14 11 I I t I Ifere thrauat once the mhole vt 1 1 question of frontier policy Is raised I t fr hold the Malakand t Pass ktl keep I T 1 I the Cliltral i rood open We keep Pr X 1 i Chlrl roa1 on because to have re 1 1 lolned Chltrli We retain ChUralln ncl I 1 t i cordance with the forward policy I 11 11 t I ant thus 1O el 1rwrh 1 very out 1 11 > ret of thin hook which was Intended t I I I 1 I lo be devoted chiefly to the narration I I 1 I of military events unit small Incidents Il 11 1 with that wide political question on I 4 j hlch the keent Intellects In England I I I are In doubt anti tile most nlohp ex f 1 X r pert evidence In India Is I dfvldcd 1 A comprehensive review of the I 1 I Chltrol campaign follows and then 11 I comes the story of the outbreak which I W I Is I led up to In this m inner 11 Hut n single class had viewed with I I I I I quick Intelllgeme nnd Intense hostility L 1 I the approach of the Hrlllnh power Tho I I c priesthood of the Afghan border In 4 itantlv ncognlzid the full meaning of I I t 1 Ihe I Chltral load The cause of their P hJt i g 1 I ntagonlam Is I not haul to 41bleern Con 4 tart with clvltlon assails the super I 1 1ton unit ctdult on which tile I 11 weal 110 and Influence 01 the Mulch to I I I Jl I ends A general combination of ill a religious forces i In I India against that F I civilizing educating rule which nn I It connclouvly saps the strength ot ml pr q I Mltlon Is I one of the t dangers of the fii a I 11 lure Ilego Malmmmcdanlsm wn A 4 r thartatenri And restated A apt but I i 11 I I I I 1t glnlon Alan begun MPPeu 4 I Cars posted too unit fro among the it 1 Irlbes I Whispers of wall a holy wit III 1 were breathed to a ractlnlensely pass 11 I I lont Is and tit let cut star and Inals I I lotions agencies the force of which are 1 I IncomNhnthl to rational mill N aninds I I wr employed More refuse ratio l 0 Ihn the wild ul or the North pro F II ducn condutOI the Preparations Secret 1 Ill I Incuuragement same front the South I rrom India 111 Actual upr anti i I 11 4 asillpt I once At as Rivets firm IAloal I I IM 1 A A It to i I I At length the time came A tronge 4 I I 0mllnUon 01 r1rctionstances orul1 1 to Improve the opprtunltv The Art 1 I lir lory or the Turks over the Ork tile J I I publication of the Amirs book on 1 United him assumption nf the rosl Itoo lion of 1 Caliph of Islam and much Indiscreet I 1 I In-discreet wilting In the AngloIndian I i I Persia united Itiproduest a boom In Mal i Ma-l littrainIInnIM I L The lighting began unexpectedly and s I I Is I thus dcscrlbtd I htthusOdescrilted I 11Ix On Ihe afternoon of the 26th of July I I 11 the out Iterrin anti younger omcr nr I Ill O Mulaken I Perri on urorded to lt Jj I J Ithar to Play polo Thither almil came I I d Lieutenant llftttrnY aiding I over fruit I au good I A Chakndm f ftI The game Ivan 1 I < i I io one and the tribevnient oftho neigh f tl 1 41 boring village watched It I as usual Ir 11 I little 1 groups with keen Interest Noth IN Ing I In I their demeanor betrayed their I 1 i k t Ji I thoughts or Intentions The young i JI Soldiers saw nothing and had tliey L it I I known w 0 uld save cared team There i I I would hear c latne t nr there Ivan so I 4 J I 1 much the better 1 Thy were read frI AT l Ill fr-I I I I The ame mlI and the officers I 16 cantered balk to thlr camps nnd posts 1 I 1 I It trust then that a strange incident 1 It i t o r A Incident eminently chat I I I actertnlc ot the frontier tribes A t the Pyres were putting the rugs And j j clothing on the polo onles and loiterIng I I loiter-Ing about the ground after the gm the watching 11 lItIe drew near and k advised them to be I oft home at once 2R = I for tht there was going to be 0 tight I I I I I Thy knew these rlhnn what was Carol tie I A Sunenty In the stillness or the night a buglecall Seen Ion the parade ground l of the critter camp Every ole strung up I wan the aam nembly ror a moment thev wa II lence I ivhllo the oincirs seized their swords and belts and hurriedly fastened fast-ened them on Several thinking that It I was merely tho warning for Ihe movable column to fall In waited to I light their cigarettes Then from many quarters the loud explosion of musketry burst forth 1 sound which I for six dais and I night was to known know-n > Intcrmlsslo I Tile attack vn < i the Jlolnkand and the great frontle or had hun < Six days Land nlgh8 of fierce fighting fight-ing followed arid numberless deeds of valor wr corded on both sides Here In I a Semple of the Incidents re calcd lrlgaler Oner1 1lklJahn ton t-on ordered a party or the mh 10 retake I tile Iued quarter guard from the enemy Fw mn could be Spate from the line of defense At length a small but devoted band collected col-lected I consisted of Captain Holland Hol-land Lieutenant Cllmo Lieutenant Manlej the generals orderly as Tiny ot Hi Kill Sikh two or thlee rappois anti three men of the 24th In ul I ahoul I a dozen rise gneritl Placed himself nt flatly b1 The olc drew their levol eta rho mn more instructed YaViia the bayonet only Then thy Advanced Ad-vanced The ground Is I by nature broken anti confused to nn extraor dinar degree treat locks undula Uo nlld 1 trees rendered all move mlIl difficult nurnerouss fonts shed ant other buildings Increased Its In IrlceI Amongst alt this i wr the IIgliro of the enemy numerous and well Armed The twelve mn ohge The Tb men Advanced tn let them Tbe I officeis hot down mnn after mn with their pistols Th soldiers sol-diers hontd others The enemy drew off 1collld but half the Party wr killed fr wounded The orderly U hot lead A supper and a hnldor 01 the Nth lele seorely ollndd The general hlm1 unit Struck by 1 award on the 1k Luckily the weOlon turned In his nalan land nn1 only caused 1 loulo Captain lolln1 was Rho through the back ot clooo Iy u Inn onald In e 11 quare bullet ullich Caused four wounds grazed falls spine The palty true now too Iw 10 effect nnythlng The sur 101 halted Lieutenant Clmo took the mounded officer back and collect Ing n dozen more mn or tile 21h re turned to the attack The second lt tempt 10 regain the 1IaIr guard Alan nlo unsuccessful land the soldiers no called fill further long but Ill that undaunted spirit ulilch refuses to ad suit defeat they continued their efforts and at the third charge dashed across i the open space bowling over and rushing bock the enemy and the pot vas thus recovered All the ammun lion had however ben carried oft by the enemy and ns the expenditure vf eIndlur hat night had already bn enormous I waR a serious 15 The omrl Starlet lines were at length Cleared of he trlbramen and such ot the gar Llamas not could he I Ird more employed em-ployed In coastal rig tip a hasty defense net 008 tlie soutii sern entrance tit the en cloure Inl dealing alll the coo k hollsem sand othrhlel Nhlclj might lie I seUed by the enemy Tile n text morning 10 feAter than wenlynlne corpses of trlbmn era found round the ookhol and In the open spaeo over which the three charges had taken place This when I Is I fmmh r1 that Perhaps twice DA many hd hen wounded and had rawld nY enable au attract to be formed of the desperate nature if the light for the quarter guard Some Idea of the spirit of the British Indian troops can be formed from this i description The Golden Cavalry had already or rived their Inlnyundr Lieutenant Iockhrt reached the Hotel nl 730 I m vn tile Mail having In spite of the Intense hal and choking dl covered thlrtvtwo miles In seventeen and a half hours This wonderful feat was accomplished without Impairing the elllclenc of the auditions who were sent Into the picket line and became In hca engaged en-gaged as soon as they arrived An oil cer who commanded the Dargal post old me that as they passed the guard thee they shouldered arms with Parade Precision to show that twentysix miles i under the hottest sun In the world nould not take Ihe polish ort the CUT if guides Then they icaMi1 I the long iscent to the top of the pass l oncour iged by fall sound ot the lit Ing which jrew louder at every step o the examplae ot heroism contained In the book just published the follow Ing I Is I taken at haphazard rlutnt Ford 11 clangorously mounded III lie Shoulder Th bullet cut the art f anti lie 00 bleeding to death mitten Surgeon Lieutenant V Hugo came to Ills said The tire was too fr hot to allow of light being used There 1 as n over or any ort It wall at the bottom ot thecup Iteverthcless the site gon struck a match at the peril of his life sand examined the wound The match went out amid 1 Splutter of bullets which kicked up the dust all around but by Its uncertain light he saw the nature of the Injury The olll Per had already fainted from the loss of blood The doctor seized the artery nul its 110 other ligature was forth corning lie remained under the fire for I lire hours holding a man life be tmri hi I It litigate and thumb Whn at length It seemed the enemy hd broken Into the cnmp he picked up tile Ptill7unconsiclout insurer In his linn and without relaxing his hold bore him to a place of nrtfetj His aim was many hours paralyzed v till trump from the effects of the ex < rtlon of corn promising I ffc Artery I think I there oa few whatever may be I their Mews of Interest who will not applaud thin splendid act of devotion The book abound In strong descriptions descrip-tions of gallant righting |
