The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-04
THE CABUL MAssAt RE.
The Death Of Cavagnarps Party Re.
c0uutea by am Afghan.

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countea by an Afghan.
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The following is the deposition by an
Afghan, witness of the massacre and
probably parthipator in the attack:
Thirteen years ago there was beard
le% youth in my service who was MUIR
dered by the son of the Kotwsl of Ca
bul. The murderer had to fly from ca
bul to Peshawur, but returned after the
massacre, and /. meeting him in the
orchard, Killed him. Therefore have
fled here to save my life, having been
concealed in the city for three days after
the occurrence. l was at Cabul when
Sir Louis Cavagnari arrived.
He used to ride about and visit every
place of interest. After three days the
Ameer advised him, for the sake of his
safety, to confine his rides to the Chaman
or open spaces, and to avoid the crowds.
This advice was known all over the city.
Cavagnari acted on it. On one day there
was row between an Afridee orderly
and two Of the Ameer's soldiers. This
came to Cavagnari's ears. He complained
to the Ameer, who imprisoned the two
soldiers.
Cavagnari rewarded the orderly. The
people and soldiers were much annoyed
at this. The Ameer ordered his sirdars
and officers not to visit the Envoy. On
the Sd of September, at about 7 a. m.,.
three orderly regiments of the Ameer
were assembled without arms in the Bala
Hissar to receive their pay. They were
ordered one months pay, and asked for
more. On its being refused thew began
making a row, and General Daoud Shah
and .Mustapha Habeboola, who were
present, said, "Go to Cavagnari for it"
Stones were thrown, and Daoud Shah
said to be slightly wounded. The
pay office was sacked and papers torn up.
They then ran to their camp for their
arms, and returned direct to the Resi-.
teney. They found the door into the
compound closed. There was only one,
and the residents occupied in making
loop-holes. Cavagnari had ordered all
the horses, as they could not be brought
in, to be shot. Guns were new brought
up and breaches made in the wall. Three
hundred Sepoys of Balkh regiment. who
had been recalled from leave, rushed
trough and set fire to the house.
More breaches were made and the dool
forced. Thousands of people from the
city helped in the attack. Ut was be-
Iieved the residency contained great
treasuresl. The defenders, tormented by
the fire from above them and from ali
around and distressed by the smoke, al
got into one building. They shot a great
many of the attackers. The house they
were in was ON fire. At length it fell OF
those that were not killed. There wa:
not much plunder obtained. All was de
stroyed in the fire. The people then car
ried away their dead, Of whom there wer,
great number.
assisted to remove the body of we'll
known faquir named Birgaz Shah. Fl,
had been melting the people for over two
hours and shouting that he was going t,
Paradise. There were great many deat
bodies The crowd next went to tn,
house of General Khusrat, in which Their
were stored the uniforms for the Ameer'
troops, and lot OF swords; all were car
ried off. The people next talked of loot
ing the magazine in he upper Bala His
sar; there were two regiments there witt
General Daoud Shah, who called out t.
them not to permit any more looting
They replied: "The troops and the peepl,
are brothers, and we will do nothing"
The people desisted from looting til,
magazine Of themselves. They then talket
Of attacking the Ameer, but the troop
said: ''He is the Ameer; he must not b,
touched" The shops in the city hac
been closed for three DAYS, and for thre,
| days the Ameer remained in his palace
He then, by the advice Of his sirdars
came and sat in the balcony over the gat.
and sent his son to ask the three reyi
ments who had engaged in the attacl
what they wanted; they replied, thre.
months pay, aud he sent them this by
the Mustof;; he also sent them two gum
and told them to 60 and collect the reve
nue in Kohistan and that they nigh
keep it, too.
They marched as far as the Chaman-i
Nahi Ruojar Nawab, where they en-
camped and dismissing their own officer
chose Others Of their own race. Afte,
thlee days they came back to- Cabul ane
applied for permission to 20 to Their
homes, but no answer had been given Il
them when I left. After the third day
the Ameer called together his sirdars
officers and chief mea Of the city, ant
said that il he wished for Jehad h,
was with them and would do as the,
wished. He was Obliged, for fear of hi
life, to say this. His wish throughout
had been that the Envoy would through
fear have left the city, but Ee wished tn
pressure to be put upon him by the peo
Iple or by independent tribes, and not b,
This troops. u'-.
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