The Outlook A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER VOLUME LVII. SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1897 FOUR MONTHS THE OUTLOOK COMPANY NEW YORK Vol. 57 T a SAMAMKAND AMU RI trol. A GILGIT) Published Every Saturday No. 1 ghanistan, and therefore the entrance Ali-Muzjid, the last close to the Indian mouth to the direct route from Russia to of the pass. All of these have been seized by India, is the famous Khyber Pass. Through the tribesmen, after severe fighting. At Fort it British armies have twice marched to Maude it was at first reported that three Afghan wars. Near its Indian end lies the hundred Indian troops (Sepoys) had been main British outpost, Peshawur; beyond its killed, but later news does not confirm Afghan end lies Kabul; midway is Jalalabad, this report. Fort Lundi Kotal was poorly to which the sole surliving officer of •BOKHARA KASHGAR assacred British army uscaped in 1842. The wild mountain country KARCHIO north and east of the B. H AR pass is held by many warlike tribes, practi A 6xUS) ILVER cally independent of conIn the extreme TANZABADS Mazari-Sherif the KABUEL mbling on FALALAB, SRI NİGAROOS russia and KHYBER DAS RAWALPINDI Afitis and the ( kazis umber many thousand tighting men. If all the tribes were to unite (a not probable SKANDÁHARA AMRITSAR event), they might per LAHORE haps put a quarter of a million of men into the field. The Afridis, now in .MULTAN arms, are the fiercest QUETTA and wildest of the tribes Great Britain claims no allegiance TANT from them, but has tried to secure their friendship by subsidies given in garrisoned, but a brave fight was made before return for their help in keeping open the Khy- it was abandoned. The fall of Fort Aliber Pass. In and near the pass have been · Muzjid gives the tribesmen complete control three outposts held by British troops, chiefly of the Khyber Pass. This, and the facts that 1 9763 A WA "BISTAN i, not with SLESHAL |
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