The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-08
MAssACsn AT cABUL,
MAJOR CAvAGNARI AND HIS SUITE
KILLED By THE AHaHANs.

MAJOR CAvAGNARI AND HIS SUITE
KILLED By THE ATaHANs.
LONDON, Sept. 8, 1870.--The worst
fears regarding the fate OF the British
Envoy ct Cabul have been received that
Major Cavagnari and his suite have been
mastered. For this act on the part Of
the troops of Yakoob Khan, however I'M
able he may have been TO control them,
England will exact terrible reckoning.
In the intense interest felt last night at
all the clubs, the supreme anxiety Of the
patriot was mingled with the curiosity |
Of the politician. As the details come
In from the Indian government to the |
Foreign Office the prospect grows hourly |
more serious. The latest authoritative
announcement IL to the effect that the at
tack on tie residence Of the British
Agent at Cabul was opsned by three reg
iments of the Afghan army which were
Joined later by nine others. Lord Lyt-
ton telegraphed Saturday night that he
was in receipt Of two letters from Va
boob Khan, with dates to September 4,
which left little doubt but that the worst
possible fate had befallen the British EN-
bassy at the Ameer's capital.
bTONlN9 THE TItOOPb.
Yakoob Khan writes that the irregu-
| lar troops began BY stoning a small par
| ty of British officers on the streets. It
seemed ouly an ordinary attack by
mob at first, but the report that all the
British at Cabul were to be killed spread
through the barracks and the city with
great rapidly, and before all the men,
bers of Major Cavagnari's suite and his
body guard could be collected from the
various parts of the city an immense
crowd had assembled around the Embas-
sy building, and the troops, leaving the
camps and the barracks, appeared in
large bodies upon the scene.
| THE ATTACK ON THE EMBASSY.
Meanwhile the building had been
stoned, and several shots had been fired
from the crowd, b 1t without perceptible
effect. A heavy volley of musketry was
then fired into the crowd from the EN-
bassy building, followed by several sue
cessive volley. The destruction of the
British Residence and the lives of its
inmates were demanded on all sides
"Death TO the British ~ was heard in
every mouth. Meanwhile fully eight
thousand troops, regulars and irregulars
had thoroughly surrounded the building
and cut off all possible means Of re-
treat.
DEATH OF CAvAGNARI.
The force defending the Embassy
numbered seventy-nine. They Tough
with the greatest bravery. 1t is sale
that the Ameer's son was fatally injured
A large number OF the mutineers wer,
killed. After the buildings of the EN-
bAssy we're fired the survivors sailed on
and defended themselves desperately
|. but all were killed, including Majo
Cavagnari. Intense excitement prevail
throughout India.
YAKooB APPEALS TO THE BRITISH.
The Ameer despatched courier will
bis last letter to Lord Lytton, in whicl
he states that the loss Of life on boil
sides was considerable, and concludes
with the following doleful statement
which the excited condition Of the In
dian Office enables us to read In tn
original Afghan idiom :-"I, with five at
, tendants, have been beseged all da
yesterday. Up to now have no certai
e news Of the envoy, whether he was Kill
ed in his quarters or captured" Unfol
tunately we know the fate of the gallaI
!, party.
NINE TROOPERS ESCAPE.
According to authentic intelligence r
ceived at Simla at six o'clock last ev
ming Sunday from Ali Kheyl, some
the natives have come in and reporte
that they have seen the dead bodies I
the British officers at Cabul. 1t is rumo
ed that nine troopers belonging to Il
escort have escaped. These doubles
belonged to that part of the British 70
lowers who did not enter the buildir
and who fled as soon as possible fro
the Afghan capital
SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOREsEEN.
The Stan lards correspondent at Bor
bay asserts that symptoms of disconte
have been noticed at Cabul for SON
time. The bearing of the populate
- toward the members of the Embassy b
d been defiant.
PROJECTS FOR RELIEF.
~ The Viceroy of India also telegraph
!. on the 9th inst. that General Roberts VI
10 reach Piewar from Simla in five da
from that date and will take command
y, q rapid advance on Cabul. Gener
- Stewart has been ordered to hold Cand
70, har and threaten Ghuznee If necessar
The troops of all arms have been recal
IL ed from Pishin and reOccupying Cand
har. Yakoob Khan has asked for Britt
aid, Badshah Khan, who holds Il
\. country beyond Shutargardan Pass, h
offered his services to the British.
10 EFFHCT OF THE MASSACRE UPON TH
KING OF BURAAH.
w. LONDON, Sept. 8, 1879.
a., A despatch to the Times from Prom
10 says 1.-The massacres in Mandalay co
-. tinue. Diplomatic intercourse betwe'
he the Burmese Court and the British b
virtually ceased. The Cabul outbre
. will probably encourage King Theba
p to create an open rupture with England
DIsAFFECTION IN INDIA.
m. The Tines Calcutta despatch repo
IN. that the disturbances at Badakshan we
not serious. The same despatch al
m. announces that the Rumpa rebelli
m. will be stamped out in few weeks.
p GEN. John A. Logan is cavorti