Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-12-12
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE AMEER IN FLIGHT,

A Lahore dispatch of Dec. 9th saws:
General Roberts is erecting huts in
Peiwar Pass for a POI ton of his troops.
1t is rumored an advance on Jellallabad
has been ordered and the ameer OF
Afghanistan has fed to Turkistan.
A special from Hull says the British
killed at Peiwar are now estimated at
20. The vast supplies which the
Afghans had accumulated for the winter
In the villages around Peiwar greatly
relieve the commissiarat.
BRITISH TROOPS IN WINTER QUARTERS.
A London correspondent on Decem-
Der 7th says Gen. Roberts will probably
winter on the heights east of Peiwar
Pass. His victory detaches 10000 non
orthordox mussulmen from the ameers
authority. According to private infor-
nation these mussulmen are already
sending levies into the British camp.
1t is reported that khoord- Cabul tribes
are only kept from deserting the ameer
by the presence of troops. Two Euro
peans were seen among the defenders
OF Peiwar. One Afghan general has
presented himself at Peiwar.
PARLIAMENT.
A London cablegram of December
9th says: Parliament convened to-day.
The queens speech, which was read in
the house of lords, was unusually short.
Her majesty regrets being compelled to
summon parliament earlier than usual,
but the action of the Ameer Of Afghanis-
stan compelled the sending of petition
into his territory, and the earliest op-
nOrtnn1tu hos hnn17 fa t0 II Y.lio
ment together, and making to it the
communication required by law. The
papers on the subject will be laid be-
fore parliament. Assurances from all
foreign powers are friendly, and there
is every reason to believe that arrange
ments for the pacification of Europe
will be made if the treaty of Berlin will
be satisfactorily carried out. ESti-
mates for the ensuing year will in due
time be submitted to the house of com
mons, after full deliDeration upon the
matters which have led to the early
meeting of parliament, and after a suit
able recess, parliament should proceed
to the considerations of measures for
the public benefit which will then be
laid before it.
Gen. Roberts telegraphs from Peiwar
Khotal under date of Dec. Sd, as fol-
lows:
During the night of December LIST the
Afghan position was turned by flank
march over Spengrutal Pass. We sur
prised the enemy at daybreak on the
I'd, when the I'D Highlanders and the
9th Corkals drove the Afghans from
several positions. They afterwards en-
deayored to reach Peiwar KhOtal, but
the assault could not be delivered on
that side. We then threatened the
enemy In the rear, and attacked and
carried Pewair Khotal about four
o'clock in the afternoon. The enemy
had on the previous evening received
relnfOrcements of four regim ents. They
fought desperately. Their artillery was
we'll served. Their defeat, however,
was complete.
We captured Is guns and large
quantity of ammunition. Our loss
was moderate considering the number
of our opponents and the difficult ma
ture of the country. Major Anderson,
of the Pioneers, was killed. Gen.
Cablee and St. Munso, of the I'D
Highlanders, were wounded. Our men
behaved admirably. We shall move
toward Shutar Garden Pass on Thurs
day the 9th.
A late La Hore dispatch of Decem-
Der 9th says: All is quiet in Khyber
Pass; reconnaissance has been made as
far as Peshbalock. Ameer is collecting
leyies near Cabul. General Biddulph
has advanced many miles northeast of
Quettah.