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The Daily Bulletin
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
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British forces occupied and fortified Chilas beyond Chitral in India, repelling an attack by mountain tribes with heavy native losses. They then stormed hostile villages under Major Daniell, who was killed, securing submission and strengthening their position near Hindu Kush. British casualties: 28 killed, 30 wounded.
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The British recently occupied Chilas, beyond Chitral, with a garrison and fortified the place with the intention of holding it permanently. The mountain tribes made an attack on the fort, which was bravely defended by the British. The conflict was desperate and sanguinary, and the natives were at length driven off with a loss of 200 men. The British then took the aggressive and marched against the entrenched villages of the hostile tribes, storming village after village under command of Major Daniell, who himself was shot through the heart. Every point occupied by the hostile natives was carried, the British losing twenty-eight killed and thirty wounded in the fight. The tribesmen, finding themselves unable to resist any longer, submitted to British authority. The result of the struggle greatly strengthens the British position at what was considered its weakest point in the vicinity of Hindu Kush.
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Chilas, Beyond Chitral
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natives lost 200 men; british: 28 killed, 30 wounded. tribes submitted to british authority, strengthening british position near hindu kush.
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British occupied and fortified Chilas with a garrison for permanent hold. Mountain tribes attacked the fort, repelled with 200 native losses. British counterattacked, storming villages under Major Daniell (killed), capturing all points.