The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29

of 5000 which two days before mad
marched out of Cabool. only one white man
escaped, a surgeon named Bryson. who, a
day or two after the massacre, staggered
into Jellalabad half delirious from suffer-
ms, and told the tale of an army's destruc-
ton.
DEEDS OF HEROISM.
There were many heroic deeds done by
those who fell and even the Afghan as
sassins told with admiration of the valor of
some of the British officers and Indian
troops. One captain, cut off from his COM
mand, placed his back against a great rock,
and with a musket and bayonet held a
dozen enemies at bay. At last, in striking
a violent blow, he broke off the bayonet.
There was rush, but he wrested a sword
from the foremost foe and with it killed
five men ere he was fatally disabled by a
blow on the back of the head. Three Sc
poys stood together. and though without
ammunition, killed seven men with their
bayonetS ere they were nnally cut down.
A lieutenant, separated from the main
body, carved lane through soma pnaIahN
of enemies and rejoined his comrades. "A
Sepoy. himself wounded carried a comrade
in worse plight clear over the koord ca
bool pass, only to perish with MN d niue
leadership is of little efficiency in CONNECT
of such a character, and the lndlVlduaI
cases did not inspire the multitude Win
courage The panic-stricken mob was
driven to a frenzy of fright by the slght OIL
the heads of their comrades carried on
spears and poles by the AtghanS or thrown
down among the survivors from some con-
venient crag Yet these men were not
towards. They were simply soldiers at a
fronted by an overwhelming number OF saw
age enemies. Such a situation IS enough 70
make the most daring apprehenslVe seeing
that the case is hopeless. ,s.
Vengeance for the massacre was sWlIt'
Jellalabad was still held by the Engnsh,
and when summoned to surrender General
Sale, the officer in command, refused ana
made a spirited defense, as also dld the
English garrison at Candahar. Inc 1nolan
government, as soon the news OF Tue
disaster arrived, concentrated troops IN the
northwest, and by the end of March OF the
same year General Pollock was on ms rs way way
through the Khyber pass. covering mo au7 =
vance with a swarm of sharpshooterS dilu
Smelling every suspicious spot on the
mountain sides, he drove out the AISLi
and marched through to relieve Jellalapau;
Ere his arrival, however, the garrison !tdu
effected its own deliverance by spirtteu
Sortie routing and dispensing the Afghan
forces Before the middle of september tne
English army after defeating the AtShans
in several battles, encamped under the
walls of Cabool, occupying the cantonments
from which the unfortunates nine montns
before had marched to their death Id =
parties of prisoners, under strong Suaru;i
were set to work burying the dead in Koord
Cabool pass and, according TO the returns
made inferred over $4,000 bodies OF men,
women and children, for the hlur i 9
Afghans made no distinction. Many chleIs
were captured some were shot, 0therS WEI tL {
hung; the bazaar of Cabool was puIISu, tiIt t
city was piIIaged by the soldiery, and most
of its male population persisted at the ha mas
Urisoners. after performing the service al
ready ready stated were generally allowed to de- de
part if they had taken no hand In the mas ~ =
sacre but such as had were hangeu ~ IL
considered probable that the number OF Al
ghans killed in the campaign and + exeG 47Ie
afterwards fully equaled that q t nfeo Eng e.
I1er1 1IliE occupation was made. After
this vengefu blow the rd ERg a56 a lnft fS
49, 'since have British armies traVerseo
tb Mic Kh 7yeT and the other two passes te
avenge insults to English enX9y5b or Tep no
a 66aTt Of the strategic frontier of india
but ali the subsequent successes nave We m oh
effaced the memory of THE terrible Marcn
from Cabool."