Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
General Roberts whips Ayoob Kl,s

LONDON, September 4th-General Roberts
telegraphs at 6 o'clock on the evening of the
| 1st instant as follows "Ayoob Khan's army
has been defeated and dispersed, it is hoped
with but slight loss on our side. One British
regiment had three officers killed and six
| wounded and eighteen men killed and fifty
seven wounded. The loss of the native
troops on our side is not known, but it is be.
lieved it will not be excessive. Ayoot
| Khan's camp was captured. The body OF
| Lieutenant McLaine was found in the camp,
and appearances indicate that he had been re-
Gently murdered" A dispatch from Canda.
har on the Dist ultimo mentioned that Lieu.
tenant McLaine, missing since the battle OF
kusuk-i-Nakhud, was prisoner in Ayoob's
hands and was we'll treated.
New YORK, September 4th.-A dispatch
from London supplementing the above. says
| Ayoob's camp was captured, and the two
lost guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, taken
| by Ayoob at the defeat of General Burrows,
were recovered, and several wheeled guns of
various caliber captured General Roberts
adds: "The attack upon their camp was
evidently a surprise to the Afghans, who ap-
parently did not dream of being assaulted and
defeated so easily in their stronghold.
Lieutenant McLaine had manifestly been
retained as prisoner until Ayoob realized
the certainty of bis defeat, when he foully
murdered him. The Afghan force were dis
integrated, and fed in different directions,
although Ayoob and the main body are sup
posed to have fled toward Herat. Among
the casualties on Wednesday were !: Killed,
Captain Stratten, Lieutenant Colonel Brown
law, Captain Frowe and eighteen men.
Among the wounded are Captain Murphy,
Lieutenant Monroe, Lieutenant Menzies,
Donald Stewart, Lieutenant Colonel Battye.
Major States and fifty seven men,"
LONDON, September 4th.-A dispatch from
kurtvacnee Sinde says: A report of General
Roberts victory over Ayoob Khan has been
received here. He says that he captured
10000 men. The statement is regarded as
impossible.
The Attempt to Raise the Gar.
LONDON, September 4th.-A well-informed
st. Petersburg correspondent writes: A
mine was discovered in the government of
Ekatorinoslav, on Friday last, previous to
the Emperor's journey from Tsarskoeti, Lii
vadia and another, in the government of
Tuecrida, 116 versts further on, on the rail.
road to Simpheropol, was found only the day
before the Emperor started. The mine con-
tanned eighteen pounds of dynamite, packed
in two cases. There was wire connected
with the mine, but no battery attached.
General Lavir Melikoff had been exercising
the greatest vigilance, in view of the En-,
peror's intended journey. Details about the
mine in Tuecrida are from competent
source.
A Big Blow Up.
LONDON, September 4th.-The Russian
papers contain the account of an explosion
of thousand ton floating tank of kerosene
on its way from Baku, at Tsaritzin. on the
Volga. 1t is believed that thirty persons
persisted. A workman entered the reservoir
with naked light.
Fall OF a Bridge I'm Spain.
New YORK, September 4th.-The Herulds
Madrid correspondent telegraphs the particu-
lars of a frightful catastrophe at Logrono,
beautiful town built on the right bank of the
Ebro. where the river is deep, and opposite
bank picturesque with vineyards and noun.
tains, with Navarro rising in the distance. A
regiment of the line was crossing on a pom
toon bridge, the band playing gayly, when
the bridge gave way, carrying into the river