The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-31 00:00:00

THE DISASTER IN
AFGHANISTAN.

ENTRENCHMENT OF
G,N ._.RAL PRIMROSE.

FIRST LIST OF KILLED AND
WOUNDED.

SAFELY OF GI:. IGRROWS.

DESPATCH OF REINFORCE-

MENTS.

LIST OF OFFICERS ESCAPED.

• Tie most remarlialde rotults ev,.r eff,>eted 1,3,a II I [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS.]
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i„,4 y„,..ta..41y tre pridaced by l'oLL'd EmEll'e "1"N i LONDON, Taursday Night.
11.R.1i. the Dake D'Anmele, the Right lion. the la r i
) The feelinr, of congteroation produced in all
Earl of Clarendon, K G., the itiitnt Hon Fiacees i . - ' .'"
Count:46.s Wejegrave, the Hight Hon. the Countes4 ot ! c rc!es yesterday by the terrible tidings from
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and ail iinitten aud i i81).)111ted out by military critics that inasmuch as
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end weakntric*s, in any part only two guns are lost, and that the remainder of
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the artillely is on the road to Candabar, there
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lat(r inf.:rma'ion shows it to be.
The foil -m ing are the offiTial telegrams which
have been issued tn-d7y
(From Governor of Bombay, 29th July, 1880.)
In answer to a telegt am to General Pim.: re for
all particulars know n, le eplies as follows :
QuETrAri, July 29,—1n reply to your El-Ce lorcy'S
telegram the following are toe notes of a cot.versa-
tien had yesterday morning ,st the telegraph offico
etween General Primrose rid myself jut b • fo. e
the wire was cut. General Prhurosa t-aid :—i re-
ceived your telegram of last night. A nnou,, to tee
ou coming in as large force us you cnn. Sodi
I arties Burrows's force constantly arriving. It
would appear they wero p7rrsued only three or four
milt s. It ave not yet aseer aine.l cur losses, but
far they have been severe. Two guns lot. Have
sent Brook-. out t-, assist and bring in stragglers.
They are very strong in artilery, have thirty-five
guns. which they work well.
Killed. o,borne, Roy. 1 Horse Artillery ;
-Roberts, 66th ; Aslett, Ist Grenadiers ; Smith,
Ju4ice, Cole, Jacobs' Rifles; Owen, 3rd Cavalry.
Wounded.—Anderson, Ist Grenadiers, severely;
Blackwood, Royal Horse Artillery; Lynch, 66th;
M.-ryne and Reid, 3rd Cavalry.
This is 62l we know at present. General Burrows
all tight. Dr. H. rvey brought news of battery,
that only two guns had been taken, the other guns
coming in. The following officers have c,aire in:—
Colonel Mainwaring, Elton, Burrows, ll,.rvev,
Geoghegon, Oliver, Griffith-., Whit tuck, Dane; also
1 the Wall."

OFFICERS 'SAFE.
(From Vieeroy, the 29th of July, 1880.)

Officers of Burrows's force who reached Candahar
Safely, reported to 11 a.m., 27th :—Colonel St. John,
Colonel W. Maiuwaring, 30th Native Infantry ;
Colonel C. Griffiths, Ist Native Infantry; Major C.
Oliver, 66,11 Foot ;,Jleutenant, J. Whittuek, Ist
Native Infantry ; Lieutenant T. Geoghegan, 3rd
Cavalry; Surgeon-Major C. Harvey, Horse
Artillery; Surgeon G. Burrows, 3cd Seinde Horse;
Surgeon J. Eaton, 16th Native Infantry; SurBeon
A. Dane, Ist Native Infantry.