Cable Messages. the Afghan War. the Enemy's Losses
LONDON, September 8—It has now been ascertained that the losses sustained by Ayoub Khan in the late engagement near Candahar with General Roberts's…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1880
330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 17
The Afghan War. Simla; Sept. 9
In further despatches received by the Government of India from General Roberts regarding the defeat of Ayoub Khan on the 2nd instant, General Roberts…
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The Afghan losses at Candahar are now estimated at 1000 killed and 2000 wounded…
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On Monday night Mr. W. H. Thompson's great Diorama, illustrative of the recent Zulu War, will be presented for the first time at the School of Arts. This entertainment consists of a large number of well painted scenes, depicting important episodes in the late war…
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General Roberts, upon reconnoitering, found that Ayoub Khan bad taken up a position with his forces behind a ridge of hills, which he held with great strength. He is…
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On Monday evening Thompson's colossal Mirror of the Zulu War will be exhibited for the first time in this country. The scenes will illustrate all the principal events that have now become…
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New York, August 1.—A cable despatch to the TRIBUNE from London, says—The first panic about Afghanistan has subsided, but it has been succeeded by a settled anxiety as to the final result…
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General Roberts, upon reconnoitring, found that Ayoub Khan had taken up a position with his forces behind a rid go of hills, which he held with great strength. He is entrenched…
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LONDON, September 3.—News has just arrived from India that the expected battle has been fought, and has resulted in a decisive victory for the British…
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The love of brave and heroic actions, so deeply implanted in every human breast, at all times leads to a desire to listen to accounts of stirring adventures by flood and field. Dangers…
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Yesterday evening this exhibition was opened in the School of Arts in the presence of a moderate house After some prefutory observations on the origin of the Zulu war by the lecturer, a large number of views illustrative of the…
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The following from Colonel St. Jobs has been received from Candahar, dated july 29:—General Barrows marched from Kushki Nakhud on the morning of the 27th, having heard from me that…
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LONDON, September 14.—Negotiations with Basuto chiefs have been quite fruitless. The Basutos are intensely indignant at the ungenerous treatment…
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The Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, Secretary of State for War, is on a tour in the north of Ireland, where he has been well received. In one of his speeches he expressed…
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LONDON, September 14.—Negotiations with Basuto chiefs have been quite fruitless. The Basutos are intensely indignant at the ungenerous treatment…
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The "Bauhutte." the German Masonic organ, has just published an article headed "The Imperial Chancellor and the Freemasons," which is equivalent to a formal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Afghan War. the Disaster to General Burrows's Force. (From the Calcutta Englishman, August 4.) SIMLA, August 3
The following from Colonel St. John has been received from Candahar, dated July 20:—General Burrows marched from Kushki Nakhud on the morning of the 27th, having heard from me that…
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It is announced in our advertising columns that Herr Bandmann is to re-appear in Sydney, at the Opera House, on the evening of the 2nd October, when the tragedy of Hamlet" will be presented, Two exhibitions of this first-rate panorama and entertainment were given on Saturday last, one in the afternoon and the other in the evening. Both were very numerously attended, and the interest in…
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No sensible diminution has yet occurred in the numbers who attend the School of Arts to gaze upon the first-rate panorama of the South African straggle which cost England so dear, and the…
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We extract the following telegrams respecting the Afghanistan war from the Times of India:— Simla, August 4.—The latest reports are that out of a total of 2400, General Burrows' force lost 1200, most of them…
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