Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25
Cayagnari,s End.

The best story Of the Cabul massacre is the
following, taken down from the lips OF one OF the
survivors and furnished TO the S'tptd,ri. Says
the writer; have Just had long conversation
| with enc Of Sir Louis Cavagnari's servants. who
escaped: he and three Others, are. as far is
known, the sole survivors OF the hdeouS maSSa-
ere, of.which doubtless you have been already
informed by wire particulars of the occurrence
are IS follows: At about half-past seven am on
The Cd, crowds of armed Afghan solliery We're
perceived rushing toward the reSidelcy. Sir
Louis CavaTnari must have expected something
as he or,crs,, a.; the SowarS inside, and had tue
gates closed. soon mob OF about four Thousand
men had collected. The gate was broken down,
and in a few seconds the SowaTS though they
fought nobly were borne down by numbers and
mastered to man. A few soldiers, with the
four White meA met the assault OF the infuriltad
thrOng,. who, wild with 1anaticiSm and the eXul-
tation Of feeling their prey in their grasp
Swarmed to the attack. No 1linching. no wild
firing was to be seen in the gallant little
band that met and repealed the attack
Again and again did the Afghans like a recur-
ring wave forced on by the pressure of those
behind, vafnly essay to win their way into the
house. Each effort but increased the heap OF
slain that fast accumulated round the house
Cowed by their reception, they withdrew to the
their vantage ground poured hail OF lead into
every opening in the building. Gallant Hamil-
ton so lately adorned with the Victoria Cross,
adorned it with his heroic bravery. He exposed
himself undauntealy to the hottest fire; for a
time he seemed to bear a charmed life but at
length bullet pierced his heart and he, fight
Ing uODly, tll III. hGlly Tan 10 his ala and
bullet speedily laid him low too JENKINS was
the next to fall. Cavagnari, still unhurt cheered
on the gradually leSSening band his presence
inspired all. Cheerfully and resolutely they dealt
out death to many a treacherOuS Afghan Ca
vagnari would strike while he could; he ordered
the treasure chest to be emptied into the court
yard; his fire momentarily ceased. The Afghans
yielding to their greed, and thinking resistance
over, crowded to seize the glitterfng rupees. In
a moment our men concentrated their fire on
the crowd struggling for the plumber. A fire
ip,fAr 1,lp hnI
the. attackers, and now, to their other mSfor-
tunes the magazine Of the defenders exploded.
and the roof was set on fire. With numbers re-
duced by half, fire within, bullets from without
nothing daunted, each man stood to his post:
but the reduced numbers told-a sudden rush
of the enemy gained the door; that feeble bar
rier gave way; yet no sign Of fear was shown
all met their death lighting.
CAvAGNARI's DEATH
A surging throng filled the room where Cavag-
nari jemadar and three natives were. Cavag-
of as many Afghans and then blow from a
heavy Afghan knife laid him low. His murderer
did not long survive; with one blow of his Saber
the iemadar swept off his head A few more
such blows he made, and then he lay beside his
master. But one escaped, the narrator of the
tale to me; he hid in bath. The roof was now
blazing, part had Iallea a, on me dead body OF
but dragging the bodies OF the killed from the
burning house, they did not search for any con-
cealed persons, and so my informant escaped.
SAINT with the Afghan tongue, and, being a
MuSsulman, he managed after his escape
from the house to pass himself Off as a Ca
bull. The bodies were treated with all the I'M
mentionable tndignitfeS which Asiatics intiict ON
their enemies. From eight am. till two p.
N. the attack on the Residency continued.
Yakoob had plenty OF other troops besides those
that attacked the Residency, yet he made no at
tempt even to send them to the rescue Dad
Shah, the commander-in-chief, found sufficient
reason in the pelting OF couple OF stones at him
not to interfere. YakOObS son, a mere bow Wis
tied the scene Of attack, but being politely told
not to interfere, could not conquer his feeliags
OF sympathy with the slaye Of the Kaf1irs; he,
too, did nothing. One noble mah there was,
Mollah "a Mussulman priest, who sought va
koob during the attack and begged him W inter-
1ere and reproached him with the disgrace of
killing friend and an ambassador; but Yakoob
said: . l can do nothing" 1t is stated that all
was Iakoob's design, and the seeming mutiny
of troops was but skiiful cloak for the murder
Gus act of bis own origination. 1t is strange that
at the massacre OF McNaghten, Of the former
mission a Moliah had similarly reproached the
Amer, and that his words were The means OF
saving the lives OF George Lawrence and others
OF the mission who had been seized and Were
mCmentarily expecting their DEATH No such
good fortune was in store for our unfortunate