The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . ve men was stationed in thetower, and at night an additional picquet of twenty-five more men was placed inside the waterway also,that being the weakest and most exposed positionin the fort. About sixty yards above it, the rivermakes a bend to the north-west towards the bridgeand from the sungars placed at the turn of theriver bank, as well as from the bridge head, therewas a clear field of fire to the waterway, of whichthe enemy availed themselves fully. They alsobuilt two sungars on the opposite bank, below thevillage
The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . ve men was stationed in thetower, and at night an additional picquet of twenty-five more men was placed inside the waterway also,that being the weakest and most exposed positionin the fort. About sixty yards above it, the rivermakes a bend to the north-west towards the bridgeand from the sungars placed at the turn of theriver bank, as well as from the bridge head, therewas a clear field of fire to the waterway, of whichthe enemy availed themselves fully. They alsobuilt two sungars on the opposite bank, below thevillage of Danin, one being only a hundred andthirty yards distant, and the other about fiftyyards behind it a little further up the hill. Theentrance to the waterway was at first quite unpro-tected, and the water-carriers were exposed to thefire from these sungars as soon as they came tothe end of it, and began to draw water. A barri-cade of stones with interstices to allow the waterto flow through was therefore built out into theriver, forming a very efficient screen. This of. ATTACK OF INIARCH 13TH 61 course had to be made by night. The ChitraUs alsokept a very careful watch on the men of thepicquet as they climbed in and out of the almost always fire from rests, and take verycareful aim, and very seldom waste ammunitionby firing at random when they cannot see at whomthey are firing So it was found that a screen ofsacking was quite a sufficient protection, for thoughit did not stop the bullets in the least, it concealedthe men from view, and the Chitralis ceased firingat them almost entirely. Some of their shootingwas wonderfully accurate. They sighted their riflesfor a loophole, and when they saw a man going upinto one of the towers, they waited until theythought he must have got up and would be lookingout, and then fired. Several men were killed inthis way. On the night of the 13th the enemy again madean attack on the waterway, but were repelled withconsiderable loss.
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