The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-03 00:00:00

TERRIBLE DISAST_ER TO OUR ARMY AT

CANDAIIAR.

The telegraphic communication between Candahar
and Quetta has been cut. The last news received
from Candahar stated that Brooke's brigade had gone
out to render assistance to the stragglers from General
Burrows's force.
The first statement that General Burrows's brigade
had been annihilated proves to be exaggerated. Sir
R. Sandeman reports that until the telegraph wires to
Candahar were cut, that is, until 11 o'clock in the
morning of the 28th inst., General Primrose was
unaware of the extent of the defeat; but in the last
message received from him he stated that the disaster
was not so great as at first believed. Nevertheless, he
added, the British loss was severe, and the enemy
were strong in guns, which they worked well. The
British troops were only pursued for about four miles.
Two guns only were captured by the enemy, and
the remainder are expected to be brought into
Candahar, where several parties of General Burrows's
force have arrived. Oolonel Brooke has gone to assist
in bringing in stragglers. The cantonments in the
town have been vacated, and the troops have with-
drawn into the citadel. Many officers had reached
Candahar in safety.
Reinforcements were already on their way between
Quetta and Candahar when the defeat occurred, and
are now pushing rapidly forward. All the troops
stationed along the railway will be concentrated at
Pishin in order to make a speedy advance. Sir It.
Sandeman and General Pliayre are making every
endeavour to push on all additional troops, and are
already marching on Candahar. Two more regiments
will have reached Candahar by this line, and two
strong brigades with artillery and cavalry will be sent
up from India. Reinforcements are also coming from
England. The Khan of Klielat, having heard of the
disaster, has offered his assistance to the British
Government, and has placed all the resources of his
State at their disp sal
The defeat occurred near Kuahk-i-Nakhud, about
half way between Candahar and Girislik.
Ayoob Khan, who defeated our troops near
Candahaz, is the son of the late Atneer Shere Ali, by
the daughter of the Moinlnd chief of laipura, thus
being the full brother .4 Yakoob Khan. He was
born in or about the year 1851, and took part in the
campaign of 1867-8, which resulted in the triumph of
Yakoob, and the restoration ef Shere All to the throne.
His name was not memtioned, however, until a much
later period. In 1871 Yakoob had fallen into disfavour
with his father, and had for safety withdrawn from
Cabul. In the following year he retired to Seistan, and
soon afterwards, gathering round him a small band of
adventurers, among whom Ayoob was prominent, he
attacked Herat and expelled Shere Ali's governor. Until
the close of the year 1874 Yakoob ruled there in
independent State, and hs was assisted in the task of
government by his young brother Ayoob. In the year
mentioned the well-known attempt to reconcile
the conflicting pretensions of Shere All and his
son was made, and Yakoob went under a safe
conduct to Cabul, where he was arrested and cast into
prison. During his absence he had left Ayoob in charge
of Herat ; hut prompt measures taken by the Ameer
and the skill shown by his general, Omar Khan, made
his rule there one of very brief duration. On the
approach of the Shere Ali's army he fled to Persia,
where he was granted an honourable reception, and
allotted a pension by the Shah. From 1874 until the
flight of Shere All from Cabal, in December, 1878, he
resided in Persia, generally at Meshed, but when the
Afghan power crumbled away in its first contact with
our own he saw that an opportunity afforded itself for
establishing himself in Herat. The governor nomin-
ated by the Ameer was apparently loath to refuse an
entrance to Ayoob at a time when a common danger
seemed to sink all party differences, but as soon as the
young prince had obtained admission into Herat he
intrigued, and successfully, :against his father's repres
sentatlve. When Yakoob Khan was negotiating with
US at Gandamak, his brother Ayoub had so far con-
solidated his power in the west that he was in a
position to send fresh troops to take part in the war
against ourselves. These arrived on the scene too
late, for the Treaty of Gandamok had been signed. It
is generally understood that Avooh, on learning the
conclusion of the war, reproached his brother for hav-
ing made territorial concessions to the Infidel; and
the part taken by the Herati levies in the attack on
the Cahill Residency will also be remembered as
substantiating this view. Ayooli showed no inclina-
tion to leave Herat and come to Cabul after the with.

drawal of our troops last year —a circumstance which
may be attributed either to hi, disinclination to
surrender indepenient authority, or to the considera-
tion that communication through Candahar was only
practicable with our assent. Even after the outbreak
of the last compaign he long remained passive, and,
despite frequent rumours, it was only within the last
few weeks that he showed any inclination to take an
active part in the progress of events. If success will
inevitably make him the natural leader of the party of
Takoob, and, while everything depends on his skill,
recollections are unavoidably aroused of the former
prowess and ability shown by his brother in the same
quarter where he is now operating. lie doubtless
hopes to emulate the career of his uncle, the famous
Alrbar Khan, but he will find that the state of affairs
Is vastly different now from what it was in 1842.
In a telegram received from the Governor of
Bombay on Friday night giving the disposition of the
forces between Candahar and the Punjab, it is stated
that Candahar is provisioned for fifteen days.
The War-office authorities are prepared to despatch
within the next fortnight at least 12,000 troops, while
the Admiralty are able to transport any number up to
20,000. In Indian circles grave fears are entertarned
as to the jx*.ibility of al attack by Ayoub Khan on
Candahar. It has not been deemed advisable to send
any troops from Cabul.

From the latest telegram. we learn that native
sources do not describe Burrovrs's defeat as crushing
They say that British cavalry and guns were induced
to follow the enemy's cavalry, who pretended
to fly', and led them into a complete ambus-
cade. Ayoub's army then delivered its attack, and our
troops suffered very severely in officers and men; that
a battle was then fought, resulting in our retirement on
Candahar, but Ayoub's army suffered much. This
report, though received from several sources, requires
confirmation.

DR. TANNER'S FAST.
CRITICAL CONDITION OF DR_ TANNER.

Dr. Tanner was suddenly taken ill on Thursday
night with nausea and vomiting. The physicians
ordered an alcoholic vapour bath, which relieved him.
He was questioned whether this and the use of
mineral waters were not violations of the fait
After a reatles night he drank hot water, which was
followed by persistent retching. In the evening • decided
change for the worse manifested itself. He is now weaker
than ever, and at one time this morning the physicians
decided to have some extract of beef and warm brand),
and water ready in case of emergency. Dr. Tanner, while
making light of the unfavourable symptoms. laYs that if
hiccough seta in he will break his fast. After taking his
morning's walk on Thursday he took some ice- water and
• small piece of ice, but soon after vomited nearly one-
and-a-half ounces of mucous fluid tinged with bile. He
remained in a weak and helpless condition for nearly an
hour afterwards. Dr. Tanner thinks he has caught •
alight cold.

Dr. Tanner was oil Saturday somewhat weaker. At five
o'cl ck he had an attack of nausea. Ile entered to-day
on the 36th day of the fast, and he feels confident of the
result. On Sunday his weight remained Melba Ma
xtrength,tetted by the dynamometex,waa in the right hand
83 and in the left 84 kilogrammes.

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LATEST.
METROPOLITAN OATTLE.--m„b,
(Tun DAY.)
2 pp beaatr, about 500 foreign ; trade quiet, ti
54 10.1 ; about 11,000 sheep • nd Nolo. ervi,
sheep, 4.61 10 64 104; lamb-. 6.61 M 7.
5. to 51 ; pork, 41 to 44 10d per E..

DORCHES Elf

SATURDAY'.i cArri.Z
At Mr. P:nsor's sale to-day there situ,
beasts Baal 300 sheep. Ihe lamt hpif. •re Lai
made from MA to kV 104; 6CC,Ilti (1114 it,
£l3 10s to £l5 ; barn ners from £ll4 to £24
pelt; fat bulls from £2l to 10.; stock bun."4,l*
126 to '_l4 10.; yearling hei.L29 fers from t 3 104 n e•• I
oWell sold at 91 per lb, and wethers went offit
f fresh,
103; lamb was very scarce, arid we do not
price; beet calves from 7id to 811 per lb. • 71 4
best. Liu
to 13s 6d. Trade was steady.