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fierce fight at kargala
VILLAGE.
BRILLIANT DASH BY PATHANSg
ENEMY'S stubborn resist
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they lose heavily.
LONDON, 'May Cfcli. j
Tho military censor .has pow allowc
press messages to bo sent on, which, coi
tain details of tho recent severe fightin
on tho frontier.
Several picturesque incidents are r<
ported in these advices.
During the engagement in the Lain
Kotal pass, a body of Afghans in stroh
force held tho crest of . a . hill, froi
irhich they poured down a heavy fire o
a British block house! The 40tli Pathan
irerc dotailed to capture' the crest, am
they accomplished their task in brillian
fashion, carrying tho - hill with grea
fc-h. ..
Later tho same native'corps m con
junction with the ''Minister Pusileers
captured a series of ridges -leading t<
iho Kargala village, in tho face of i
fierce fire, the enemy 'retiring stub
lornlv. It was at this village, that tin
heaviest fighting occurred.
Taking advantage of the cover offeret
bv ihc dwelling the' Afghans made :
prolonged stand, hut,they were eventu
allv compelled to retreat.
In the two engagements at Land
Kotal ar.d Shathadar, t-lio enemy's los
as far as it can ho ascertained,, amount
pd to SCO killed and about the sanu
number wounded.
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