The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-12-20
FOREIGN.
The British at cabu,. !.

A<ONOONy OGS. IA Nliopdlttl tEOllI Va
bul Friday evening says that General
MACPHERSON attacked the enemy on the
ridge above the Bold Hissar at noon to-
day. He captured and now holds the
tower and part of the ridge. General
Baker has arrived here from Madam. He
had some sharp fighting Wednesday and
Thursday on the crest ofthe hill. He was
surrounded and stormed on Saturday.
The city of Cabul is quiet.
Report Confirmed.
CALCUTTA, Dec. l3.-General Roberts
telegraphs confirmation of the report of
General MacPherson's partial failure in
his attempt to capture the ridge above
Balahissar. At Cabul on Saturday morn
ing General Baker attacked the Afghan's
position with two and half regiments oil
infantry. two regiments of cavalry and
eight guns, and succeeded in capturing
the hill and driving the Afghans from
their positions.
A letter dated Candahar, lst inst,
and published at Bombay, says that Gen.
Stewart has been instructed to send q
messenger to Ayoub Khan, the Afghan
commander at Herat, requiring him to
hold Herat in the name of the British
government, and threatening the ad !.
yancement thither OF the British force in
case of his failure to do so.
--latest from Caba,.
LONDON, Dec. l5.-General Roberts tel
egraphs from Cabui under date of the 18th
inst, that the enemy have been defeated
on all sides, but that notwithstanding
their heavy losses pdrties of Afgbans
still remain in the neighborhood. General
Roberts announced his intention to al
tack on the 14th inst, yesterday, unless
these parties disperse. The total British
loss during three days fighting was forty
three killed, including six officers, and
sixteen wounded, of whom ten are officers,
| Troops for cabui.
A dispatch from Bombay says the en-
emy in the vicinity of Cabul numbers Il, )
| 600 men. The goth Madras infantry has
been ordered to prepare Immediately for
| active service in Burmah.
/ PARIS, Dec 12.-Panl Dupont, member
of the senate from Dordogne, is dead.
The English sn Africa.
A dispatch from Cape Town, dated Nov
25th, says the colonial forces successfully
stormed Moirosis mountain on the 10th
of November. Chief Moirosis was killed
| during the fight On the British side tive
colonists were wounded and two natives
killed. The attack on Chief Secocorie has
been postponed until the 2Sth.
4 Contraband of War.
BERLIN, Dec. PA letter from st. Pc
tersburg reports that in the possession oi
the six persons recently arrested the po
lice discovered fifteen hundred copies O.
the revolutionary committees proclama-
tion and thirty reyolvers.
American Enterprise.
BERLIN, Dec. 12.-An American, a petro
leum well owner. has arrived at Baker In
search of the naptha fields of the penn
ssula of Apsharon.
The Floods.
PEsTu, Dec l2-The overflawing of ftb
rivers koros and Maros has caused fearful
destitution in the city Of Aran on tn
Maros. and several other towns have beel
ruined and their inhabitants driven away
Fully ten thousand persons were rendere'
homeless.
Worse and Worse.
Later-Six villages have been ruine
by the flood near Aran. Many entire fam
lilies who had found refuge in the neigh
boring woods. were frozen to death. Sew
. eral hundred persons are missing.
subsiding.
PERTH, Dec. 14.-A dispatch announce
that the rivers having their source i
Transylyania are rapidly falling.
Ont ON Bali.
! CARRIcK ON SHANNON, Dec. l2.-Kille
has been allowed to go on bail. TIL
seems to confirm Dublin dispatch al
nouncing that the government does NJ
intend to press the prosecutions of Davit
Baly and Killen.