CHITRAL AND THE N.W. FRONTIER CAMPAIGN. 474 slightly wounded during the counter-attack. The other lossesof the garrison were ten killed and forty-five wounded, bringing up the total list ofcasualties to 115.

Next day, Wednesday, July 28th, desultory firing went on round the camp till sunset. Then there was a lull,and at ten o'clock the third attempt to storm the camp began, and sharp fighting went on till three a.m., the tribesmen making desperate efforts to force a way through the defences and losing heavily. The General Meiklejohn wired to them to rest at Dargai and joinhim next day.

As night fell the tribesmen, who had been dropping long-ranging rifle shots into the camp allday, closed in and openeda heavier fire. At half-past nine they made their first rush at the defences, and then came a series of furious attacks, in which they were encouraged by having the Mullah himself in their midst. At every point they were beaten off, and at halfpast two the attack suddenly collapsed. It was garrison had two killed and nineteen wounded, including threeBritishofficers, bringing the list of casualties up to 136. Men and officers alikewereexhausted by three nights of hard fighting. The enemy, though they had lost hundreds of men, were in no way discouraged. The Mad Mullah toldthem that those whohad fallen were only the doubters. If they had but sufficient faith, they would be invulnerable. He showed them a slight bruise on his body, and toldthem it was all the damage thathad been done by a fair hit from a shell fired afterwards discovered that this was due to a lucky accident, the Mullah himself being wounded (though not dangerously) and his falltemporarily discouraging even his most fanaticaladherents.

The defences had been so improved that the losses of the garrison were not serious. One man waskilled and nineteen wounded, among these being LieutenantsCostello andWynter. Inthe four nightsandthree days of fighting thirty - six of the garrison had been killed (including camp followers) and 106 wounded. The casualties among A CROUP OF DAWARIS :NATIVES OF THE TOCHI COUNTRY by- one of the cannon belonging to the infidels.

On the morning of the 29th signal communication was establishedfor a short time with Chakdara fort. The garrisonreported that they had repulsed several attacks of the enemy,but they added the disquieting news that food and cartridges would soon be running short. During the day a squadron of the nth Bengal Lancers reinforcedthe garrison of the Malakand. They brought with them a small convoy of ammunition. Two native infantry regiments, the 35th Sikhs and the 38th Dogras, had got as far as Dargai at the foot of the pass. During the day's march the Sikhs had lost twenty-one men bysunstroke. They were eager to push on, but the British officers were so far two killed and nine wounded.

This was the last of the more serious attacks made upon the Malakand. DuringFriday, the 30th,although a large body of tribesmen joined the enemy, theyconfined themselves to firing a few shots into the camp. At half-past nine they came on,but only in half-hearted fashion. In the middle of the night there was a heavy thunderstorm, and in the midst of it they made another rush,which wasbeaten off by the Sikhs. The losses of the garrison were twenty wounded.

Saturday was a quiet day. After dark the enemy's snipers fired a few shots, but there were no more attempts to rush the lines. On ths