A GOOD DAY'S WORK AT SARAN SAR. 511 and forty-five wounded,all except five wounded beingcasualties during the retreat.

slightly wounded. It had been a complete success, and did something to remove the sad impression caused by the first march to Saran Sar. The Afridis no longer attempted to defend seriously even strongpositions against the large force that had been brought into the field against them. They gave way before every advance,only to reappearand close in upon the troops as they fell back to camp. The campaign became a succession ofrearguard actionsfought under the most trying conditions, and the mountaineers had not only modern weapons, but many of them had learned to use them while servingin the British frontier regiments; and during some of the fights in the passes it was curious to hear the leaders of these wild tribesmen giving their men words of command from the firing exerciseused in theIndianarmy.

Twodays later General Gaselee went out to SaranSar to complete thesurvey,bringinforage, and destroy the fortified towers of the hamlets alongthe valley and on the Saran Sar Hill. The troops employed were nearly all mountaineers, thechief work of the day beingentrustedto tlae 3rd and 4th Goorkhas, with three mountain batteries. The enemy never showed except in small parties. The survey work was finished, the towers of forty hamletsandhomesteadswere blownup, a considerablequantity of forage was collected, and the retirementbegan. The Afridis triedtorush the Goorkha rearguard, madeup of picked scouts,but they were driven back by a sharp fire, and the rearguard heldits ground till the column was well on its way, and then rejoinedit with a rapidity that only these hillmen could accomplish. The day's losses were only one man killed and an officer and two men But the guerilla warfare was only begun, and there were more evil days in store for the expedition.