THE TROUBLE IN INDIA.

Hastings Standard, Issue 415, 2 September 1897, Page 3

THE TROUBLE IN INDIA.

COLONEL (iOHDON CLEARS KOHAT PASS. PREPARATIONS TO MEET THE ORAKZAIS. CHIEFS FLEEING TO AFGHANISTAN. (iVr / '/ • •> —i Lonpon, August 31. Colonel Gordon, of the- Punjaub infantrv stationed at Kohat, who was despatched with a force to relieve Sumana, has disp<?r?ed the tribesmen who were in occupation of the Kohat Pass, and is continuing the march on Sumana. Many of the tribesmen are gathering around Mustker, on the Boian Pass, to menace the Quetta railway. The British political agent at Khelnt, British Beloochistan, is'investigating the alleged intriguing against British authority, in connection with which three of the principal chiefs were arrested. September 1. The Times" Simla correspondent says the Sixth Bengal Cavalry and a battalion of Ghurkas and Punjaub infantry marched through the Kohat Pass from the Peshawar side on Tuesday. The force will assume the offensive against the Orakzais. whose object it is to isolate Fort Golistan. Brigadier-General A. G. \eatman Biggs has gone to Fort Hangn to direct operations, and reinforcements -will arrive forthwith to ensure readiness for an attack upon the tribesmen. It is considered likely the Orakzais ■will receive a severe lesson. The Bengal Lancers occupy a strongly entrenched position at Fort Bara. Two important chiefs have fled to Afghanistan, r.nd large bodies of villagers are crossing the border The Steadmen tribes are reported to be glad at the arrests of three of the principal Beluchistan chiefs who they state are noted firebrands. A mcllah of Hadda, a leader of the turbulent tribesmen, threatens to attack Dir in Kafirstan, the clans in the district having supported the British.