THE PROGRESS OF THE MARCH. r2i During the march of the nth and in the early morning fight of the nth thirty or forty men had been killed or wounded, and more than a hundred animals, with their loads, had fallen into the hands of the enemy. All day the surgeons were busy attending to wounded and sick men. And in the afternoon the firing beganagain, and continued long after dark.

Early on the 13th the march down the valley About seventymen were killed and wounded; but,as the enemy frequently exposedthemselves in trying to get" to close quarters, their losses were much heavier. On the 14th, after another prolonged rearguard fight, Barkai was reached at last. During the march of the 13th the signallers had established communication with General Hammond's column, which wasmaking its way up the valleyfrom Fort Bara,unopposed MOSQUE OF IHE MULLAH SAID AKI1AR, BLOWN UP BY GENERAL HART began again. This day the 3rd Brigade was giventhe leading place, the 4th Brigade acting as a rearguard. The 3rd Brigade placedpickets onthehills to cover the march of the 4thBrigade, the men onlymoving forward when theirplaces were taken by the flankers of Westmacott's by the tribesmen. At five in the afternoon of the 14th Sir William Lockhart and General Hammond met near Barkai.

General Symons's division,forming the other half of the Tirah Field Force,had reached the same neighbourhoodby way of the Mastura and Waran Valleys, its two brigades marching independently. General Hart had some fighting on the way with the Aka Khels in the Waran Valley, and had the satisfaction of taking and blowing up the house of the Mullah Said Akbar, one of the chief instigatorsof the rising. In his march over the Sapri Pass the baggage brigade. The rearguard had hard fighting all day long. While they were loading up and falling in at dawn the Atridis began firing at them, and ten baggage animals were killed even before the start was made from camp. General Westmacott himself remained all day with the rearguard, personally directing the operations.