, 1879-05-23
ACROSS THE OCEAN.
The Drowning Of. British
>Hussars in the Cabul
River.
French Press Legislatfon---Frnncis Jo-
seph In llnngnrJ---Garibaldi on
italian Reforms.

The Russian Governments Frenzy~-Dr.
Dollinger and the Vatioan--speoch
by the Pope.
DROWNING OF nK1r1sn' HussA1ss
IN THE CADu1. RIVER.
Cpryt&ponttnet london AsTf
JELlALApAn, April 5.-The Hive OF ground
bstvecn Jcllalabad md Caouf, so far ns 1t Is
connected with tho history Of England, Is ltnu
Of tragedy md misfortune. Tint line III
trscrdy aud misfortune may now be extended
counlc OF miles further to tie cast, for that
will gtvo very nearly tho point wnere forty.htx |
lives werc, on Monday evening Inst, suddenly |
swept out Of existence. Tie cavalry dctacti'
ment to accompany Gen. Macphefson's column
was, M already mentioned. squadron ot tle
Teetb Hussars, under Capt, spottiawoode, mil
another Of tho Elovonth Bengal 1lancerst both
being under command OF alh1. Wood, Oh tho
Tenth ilussars. Their orders were to cross tho
Cabul River at ford about Il mllc below
our camp Ut was only 1ay or
90 before u,at the temporary bridge hnd
been removod}, and then to 20 up On t!le
left bunk ol tho river, through Bcsoot,
10 Du,unta, and on towards Lughuan. Ths
was tho opposite aldo to talat taken py ign.
hiurpherson's column, which vent otl on guy
Jcllatabad side. They we're reaay, anu ssarita
Wnrds when tloso IN camp wc1c ssartled by tho
return OF q n,t1lbcr ct horses galnpluE wildly
int camp VIZ, sE.y ',Ss snss nj a. ,1 ~
water; when the hot weather con1cs, nua thu
snow il Melted it vii! BE- SO, and 1t w'.s IN an-
tictpation Of this that ttc bridge, wAa lntely
Nftel; lust NOW thu river Cows ut times tn two,
ut times In thrco or mere streams, leaving
anacee, some Of them 1argc ant others small,
which tnay be called islaIlaa. At the Kaleh't-
snktl ford, whefe ttH cfotsli's was TO pe mane, %
isln,,I dIyidIng thein The lrsl bratlch Is tnlrty
feet wide, with an aycrage deFll nj about twn
feet six Inches, md the crusst:1Fas 1ua!o j1lst
al tic point wncro an irrigation :l,annci starts
OF from the river. THIS WIS casly Eot over
Then came the isln,'d. roye5eti II 1,Atis with
s:al,n md round water.worn hossldcrs The dis
ford IL about a0U ynrB; then cotnus the large
1nass ol water Right. across It ia stont l59
feet; but the line Of ford Is 'os straFht, and
T2O tcot Of stream has to bc sono over setween
enc]l bank. TlIr passage goes t1rst uoNn the
stream 1T MI oblque auglc TIL II ioueiNs tl,u
end Of small tslulnt close on the left bank, and
thcp the lsnc turns up atasa for short distance
whcre thu. fnrd ends. Thc ford llas been oil
most carefully measured By L,e"t. Magnv, u
!. The Kuynl Engineers, aud tln average. agptA h
oulg two feet stx iuchcs, a; the deepest plsc,
lariy crossct, bY lhc natives Oil horsebaek, ri,
even, by nlcans OF bHllorks. aud II H. evident
from the aboyn measurement. that II the eoi
rect aims Of the lord Is ttcpt by thoeu erussan
case tho crDssing VIVA performed nt night, Hs,d
WIS lucky that there was some nlunnlishl Or IN
disaster would hare bcen in oil probabi!!t
Thu Bengal Lanccrs wero IN The front, NJ.
they Ind guides to follow, and got over all SAT-
hut there Ia q tendency III rsosss',s stream q
hon snback, owing to thc c'lfrent, tn edse Q
lowcg down as uiey advance, alM whun tliri
are u number Of horses the tendency Is ercat'
sill.
In addition to ths tllc mules Of the Elevrut
A&4 sl,.x
una II /, supposed tlut they hail also gone si
more off tia liua tu the toll ot the cayalry hutu
tllc,n.. Tic 1lussurs had orders not 10 lost. I!
lhe, hit there Is NON. 10 doubt but they citur
: tht wntur too low down the stEcanl, nnt .Il
,nla %9"la aGe t"nt ths 1a%s a1sr s1sney s cs, rs
sising f1ieE, upon them, 6ut they 81
.nosa nhcna all snfc Oh tho other side, ,:id, ~
ooslnE they were OH the ti.1lc traek ~ j;
Eleventh haa Eune, they pushed ahead, till III
toura themselves with the wMter up, to iii
saddles. Tie water ut the ford runs al IL" RI
,,.ot nlue miles uu hour; iu tls rapids, not nlu
horses feeling 1t tll!!icult to keep their fe
6egqu to got testiyc, mud the strong ctrrent 10
fosced them downwards into asi'l dcopcr wat
,rhare thr wllole squadron "1ts spon swept =, ="
and. .becano struggling Inasa Of confns'tt
totaes n.id alcn 'iersc'Y contcnlng I'LL !. ,
.pshlng wasers for DUR lts. rl,' ;'eIh' I,,I' ~ =
py Il ammunition. enough IL itseti lo t,r
down b ,<9pnd r-THmeE even III smo9
watsf' n,, Il,s horses s6s :" n y" tMcr sxS s,'s
and, az thu podlcs fuuad Hhow, u greA. n,a
must have sot k!cksa BY the an'nas' feet, u
themselves. Tllu sapltlh aIready alluded to
ouly few yards below thq 1ord, a..'l v,cn
horacs lost tilcif fee. they would be tnssnn
Into Its rough WATERS where tho strea.u rust
boiling along At such q velocity ,l,at the best
swimmers would bc hrlpless. 1luracs nnd rhl'
were carried alang rs II they hud been nscr'
rolling logs. Wl,ere The rapids craBu tt,ero
deep p!ceu'of water, ul,l here tho river III
little iu lts cos,rsc. AT tlts ,,lace thosu "
had strength lott trlod to struggle out; So
succpedeJ, but man, iaitrd. Thu roll.cal At
t,es+hcciduut had only thirty gnRwers TO II,
Etnles nut Ut seventY-six Which lled start
showing o tota1 loss ri furty.ti1 men. amt
ftfc missing was Lieut.. llArturd.
:: FRENCH pREsS-LEOISLATtO
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