| Show TRIBES VERY AGGRESSIVE They Attempt Unsuccessfully to Cut British Commanders Lines of Communication TROOPS SENT AGAINST THEM los Io 1 SI I Mutiny II I hI uy Will I II Ho 11 Promptly III I a April 14 24 tIn In consequence of lit an nn attempt murto by tho thu tribes tribesmen 1 4 I men m n to cut his lines ot o communication 4 s 11 cox tho th of 01 1 tho British I forces sent Ont out from ill ng a tIft natives tacked tho enemy ie iy this morning with two columns comprising all ull hist hl avail avaU available able troops troop After a n sharp fight the British troops dislodged tho tribesmen The British rL casualties are Riven iden as os GO 60 Tho Moh i mand losses ore lire unknown Pt A later inter dispatch received hero flero from F says The Tho Tb Malta was attacked lust night but the was repulsed There was u heavy artillery firing today at lit dar and Gen Cen Andersons brigade I fought a 0 t big MR encasement Our casual casualties r ties numbered 62 including several British officers 1 Lord to viceroy ot nf India and Lord Kitchener of ot tho British forces in India will vill ar or arrivo rivo here hero tomorrow and tho the British wilt will assume nl the tile as quickly as aO possible Sir James has ha c of It 10 troops comprising three brigades I two ot of which are concentrating on the thc border the third bolus being belli hold held In reserve re ere at Desultory lighting Is reported nil all nilI I along the tho line lino IB I 1 miles from on tho the Kabul river to on tho the Swat i river Ivor Mai center rests oil on fort fortL WILl L SUPPRESS MUTINY I London April 24 The government tins has been Informed of the gravity ot or the thc lo mutiny in India and It Is Cs believed that It II will vill bo ho soon Hoon I Lord lArd Kitchener has hn made madoll a timely dis IlIs disposition disposition position of ot his bi forces Tho The worst wort ils as poet of o tho the situation Is IN seen Neen tn In tho the ap lip apparent parent complicity of or tho the ameer timber which I Is regarded Jn In some quarters an as an out outcome COnIC come of ot tho th recently concluded compact which leaves Afghan Afghanistan free trec as a buffer statu from roni either British or 01 Russian agents The attitude o Is I considered to tobo tobo tobe bo be less due tibo however to any real n n feel foel against Great t Britain than to tn his Indifference to tile assistance of o the thc Afghans are arc rendering the tho fanatical tribes by supplying them with arms ammunition etc The Tho frontier of o this region gion has lia never I been beon Part Purt ot lir time the Molt Moh lluhi i mand country lies leN within the Afghan boundary mind part In British India This also may 1111 account for tor the assist assistance ance anco being rendered to tho the tribesmen m by bv the tho U Afghans ls |
