 The campaigns of the Malakand Field Force continued beyond the siege of Malakand South , North , and of the Chakdara fort . Immediately after the siege , two brigades of the British garrison were relocated to a new camp a few miles away to relieve the pressure in the overcrowded Malakand South . These received only light fire during 5 August 1897 ; however , on 8 August , Saidullah rallied his surviving Pashtun forces and attacked the British garrison at Shabkadr fort near Peshawar . These attacks put the continued loyalty of friendly Pashtun levies guarding the British supply lines to Chitral at risk , thus endangering the supply convoys and their small escorts . In response , on 14 August , the British advanced farther into Pashtun territory and engaged a force of " several thousand " Pashtun tribesmen , with General Meiklejohn leading a flanking manoeuvre which split the Pashtun army in two , forcing it to pull back to Landakai . The British continued to engage Pashtun tribesmen throughout the day , suffering two officers and 11 other ranks killed . 
