Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-06
By THE OCEAN WIRE.
SIGNAL DEFEAT or THE AfGHANS.
Gallant Fighting by the Ameor's Forces
Opening Of British Parliament
Lively Debate on the
Queens Speech,
Defeat OF the Afghans.


The cneny's loss il heavy Tho British
loss TX eighty killed aud wounded. Cap
tain kclso, OF the artillery, aud Captain
Anderson, ol tho Pioneers. are among
the killed..
lAuogE, December :, l2:W T.. W
General Roberts tulcgrnphS from roi-
war, under daio ui the Id, ~ lulloas;
During tho night ol Docrmhcr lst the
Afghan position wB turned by u
Hank march over Spcngwar Pass.
We surprised the enemy at
duyhrcak ul the "a, when tho seventy
second llighlnnlcrs aud Fifth ,;uorkhaS
galnutly drove the Alghans from several
positions They afterwards ondoayorsd
ia reach rciwnr khUtal but m assault
could not hc delivered from that side.
We then threatened tho cuomy IN the
rear, and attacked aud carried Pulwcr
kholul about tour O'Clock III tho after
noon.
The enemy had, on the previous
evening, rccoiyod rciulnrccmonts ol four
regiments. They fought desperately.
Their artillery was welt served,
Their dvirHt, huWCNCr, was complete.
We captured eighteen gums and II large
quantity at ammunition. our loss WAS
moderate, considering the number ui
our uppuurnts aud the difficult nature
ol tho country, Major Anderson, "l
the Pioneers was killed Gcu. tuhhc
aud Lieutenant Munr"r, ui thu seven.
" SECOND lllghhndors, were wounded.
our men behaved admirably. We shall
muyu toward Shutnr Gordon l'aHs on
Thursday, the hlh.
InNunN, December Il. \ Lahore Ills
patch says; II IL believed there IN nu
Afghan force between nakka aud tnhul,
aud that Gcnurui browne viii occupy
,lrlullnhnd.
loSuuN, December 3 Detailed re-
ports ni the lighting IN l'ciwRr Pass
show that the Nlgoans, VIII" were posted
IN the wuudS, resisted Iicucral Roberts
second movement "u rriwar khutnl
most nhNiunlrIv. SulnctimcsthcN even
assumed the offensive hard pressing
the most advanced troops, until rein.
iurCrmCni came up. Not n single body
ul the Aighans remained unhrukcn at
the oud oi the day TIA" English lost
ten killed Hud eight wounded.
IAloRr, pvrcmhcr > All ~ quiet IN
khyhcr Pass Reconnaissance hHs been
made na lar IA rcShahulk The Amror
IL collecting lcylcs near tahul. i,"ncral
lidLulph has advanced many mlcs
nnrthcN oi Qucllah The advanro IN
easy aud the nations lriondly,
British Parliament.
lnNnuN, Drcrmhrr D. Parliament
convened l"rduN. The Queens speech,
rral in the House al lorlH, wnr uuuru
ally short llcr Majesty regrets being
compelled io summon Parliament ear
licr than usual, but the action vi the
Anrcrr al Alghanislau compelled the
rrud,ug ud uu expedition int" hiE terri
tony, and the vaIlIcnt opportunity haS
been taken iu call Parliament together,
and making tu II the communication rc-
,lulrvd hN law. Papers on the subject
will hc laid before Parliament. NS'
surAnrcs from all Foreign powers
are friendly and there IN every
reason tu hrlryu that tho arruugcnIcnts
tor the rnclliraiiuu al Europe nndo by
the trcnty uf Berlin will lr satisfactorily
carried uul. The estimates ior the ca
suing wear will, Ia due course ul timc, ho
submitted tu the House "l Commons.
After lull dclihuratI"n upon the matters
which have lrd tu the early meeting at
parliament und after suitable recess,
Parliament should proceed Ia tho con.
slrIatinu ui the measures lur the pub.
lie benefit which will then ho hld before
IT,
Debate on tho Quoon's BpGeoh.
InNpoS. December D. In the House
ui Lords, address IL reply IT, the Royal
speech wns moved and debate began.
lArl Granville complained at several
omissions IN the tluUcn's speech, par.
tIruIar, the ahsrnrc ul any mention al
tho war IN South Africa. which was
viewed with great anxiety hy those best
acquainted with the colony. He said
lac did not intend tu move amy amend
m,ui Ia the address, horauso oi the late
u,s, at the publication "i the
correspondence concerning Central
Asia II could not make any
y,ry great difference to Parliament
W
IN lar Us ANY Influence II could NcrciSo
ou tho war which has already been
rommcnrcd Nobody doubted the ah.
nuIuic prvrugatiyu 81 the Crown To-
make war ur peace, but Il II perfectly
certain that the continual recurrence ui
such surprises will seriously weaken
the foundations uI the prcrogHtivc. lie
repeated the accusations that l.ord
Crnhrnoks dispatch misrUprcscntcd
the conduct oi the Gladstone govern
mcut. and Lord lyttuu'S c"nmunca.
ton tn the Amccr ol AfghaulstHu were
harsh aud indisCrrct. lie concluded ~
follows:
"iluwcvcr unnecessary the war may
have been, however much ~ may hr
convinced that yuu have completely
playcd into the hands ot our great
riual, W. urgu at this hour Ia
ga operate ia the strongest manner
with the HOUSE ut Commons tn make
the most ample provisions lpr tho sake
II our gallant Troops Va trust the
Govsrnnunl has not made any laIla-
ciuus cstimatvs, undertaking the cNpcnd.
iturcs as in the AbysSlninn war
lAllN tIalllhpih, FNtil'AiN va C'al'
ior India, declared that he RrCepted the
entire responsibility iur hls dispatch,
and would not withdraw single sen.
tcucc. lie made detailed statement
in its justification, snd particularly
pointed out that Lord Granville, ia
iS73, declined tn intimate Ia RuS,t1 that
ANY aggression on Aighanlstan would
meet with British resistance,
Earl Grey maSol an amendment tn
the address, expressing regret that Far.
liamrnt Was not summoned A. rryn as
possible after war hccame probable,
The Duke oi Somerset cordially sup
ported the prosecution oi the var
Marquisol Salisbury, hrrelsry If siate
iur Foreign Department, repclied the per
spnal charge that he hal deceived the
Parliament by denying that there hal
been any change of policy towards NJ
ghani=,an lie said they we're brought
inrwari bv lnri Granville {" distract
the Country's attention from the fact
that his most aitarh~i ppliticsl friends
wcue shiing aid, tho cueIaics Il theiI
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