The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

! The British losses were slight. The Ashantee
King. whoss name was hohee' submitted ABB
kArrtR 1ysuRnEcTroN OF 1857.
The Kaffrs along the Orange River started
o oT4S n f 1855 IN the
meantime they destroyed great deal OF prop
AND tf il @ AID s al S S SsSt e
be sent against them.
ROBERTS IN LroHAsIsTAN.
There Eas P.n Of EGTs Tor n: British
Africa. The Amir OF Afghanistan, with Rus
R sG G" G his S So s 81 SSy s 5s
| India Ons, mmnndcd by Sir Donald Stew
for kesssep ,hro SpGt ss KINDER TSsr
rH: TsT HFa h Ha%si noF k. siS
o e eaad the S9 qsht 1% h f%s AsSa@:
waited for him at the out 81 OF the Knrnm
ssd q" ' S Of HERE is e
OF the pewar Ko,al. Roberts saw that, he
night to the sft flank Of the Afghan position
forenoon. His task was complicatPd by, the
,reaohery OF some Of biz sepoys who had no,
who had enisayored TO alarm thu. AfGhans
during the night march by firing their rifles
Nearly n year OF negotiations followed, and
the AfEhans at last consented to let Sir Louis
Whit, brs. EE.R at
ment was male Cay,Rnari and his ,coppanions
st kabu were mass.crsd by an Afghan mob.
eouraReh the demonstration that ended in the
massacre. and 4 CaviGnari's death could not
the Amir had not e1crlcd himself to protect
the ErglShma9' an, and nat I the massacre was
..y zee mos.rs TX EurN rsn ra mg Wa IT
organized and lie fought his way to kahu.
lie took with him four reEments OF cavalry.
tsriss OF mountain artillery As he ap-
preached KaSnl the Amir came out 10
oS sept 01a md iS q the Kmf
the actual commander Of tho Afghan forces,
ea%p Nominal y Tho Afghan T army W" Was sr IN rsn
bellion against the Amir. but Robert. sus-
psSa .% s proved s S, The
Scaads1 The IsRsss Fl go % dead ' SsS'nd
istle 0! the Aighans that once they had bssn
well whipped thsir forces disintegrntsd and 1t
wa. months before they were ready to fght
IN. troops stayed in Ksbul through the win
ts, While Justice wa: ssipe e. measured out to
Cayiensri. The British army was encanped
IN the fortified place the Prince had prepared
governing north ern Aiehnni.tsn from Ksbui.
Early In December. 1879, there occurred a
Es. mro. ssI u'i ssf@s: s
reach him, His situation grew steadily
S Ssn.S and , b: bSrsast y'E several time:
forced out Of kabul and had to TAX. refuge in
the snerpur fortress, The Afghsns made a
il aud Dec. % On The last day the garrison son
which had greatly discouraged the Afehsns by
made sortis from the hills in the rear OF the
fortress. turned the flank OF tho bssiegers aud
raised the siege. The Afghan forces dls!nte-
There wore only a few scattered skirmlsh.s
until the following july Roberts was prerar.
reached Kabul OF saisn,t.r TO the force, OF
Gen. BuTIQws near ,Kapd,har. burrows had
2S,0oj. caught him a, MSrwsnd on " July =.
leSO. Burrowsls ammunition gave out and ma
,t and an her. s''fgss
n"S got Rasm ITO n: ISS 10
iW'o66 men Rotsr,s i"it KaSui on Aug. II.
ior mora than a month no news from
tiding. that he had relieved the Kandahargar-
rison on Aug ~. AMI on Sept had admtns-
forces tSse Wsrs ,nenp.I near by h' P AxnsI
arrangemsnts were msds for the Installation
AG Hshns ,r ras sSIT,a sS
the passes open ami protect British residents.
hobsrts took his army back to India.
zuLUs suBDUEp.
The Zulus. with their tremendous military
system. were a constant menace TO the security
OF the whites in South Africa. A. early as
1873 they were at war with thG Bosr.. In
sion WAS sent to invite Cetswayo. ths Zulu
chiet. to give MP his military organization. 70
his SUBJECTS pay nnss whenever they behaved
badly. The Invitation was made an ultimatum.
LORD Gh.Im.iord crossed Into ZuiTand
t n1'.S land The capttp The ZIigs sur,
5000 native allies at IsandhIwans on jan "t:n
1917. ant utterly isstroyes them. At Roshc7s
Rrlf, and a, E,6w. tue Znlps wero rspuIssd,
un,iI +. had an army o. 50oo Seore 1 he ss n,nt
lack on March - Tn. Hulus sssau ted the
were Hea,en. Aitcr Snothcr dsieSt tSs % 2u nus
asked for resce. They did not ike the terms
tana Ths town Ap wa, bu @ns TSs : zSG a.
were dlsarmed and their military system was
cstsWN, , who wa, tnSen "c 20 gl SnSS'IT r
exhibited there
FIRST BoEn WAR.
TT III: zun IaS, On the Bpsr, in is3 started
iroS .hs zaiu:. Ii. so.s3 he E"si H: 'I ass
don't. s.Ii.reiiant. brave, sent dspn,atIons to
Ensiish .n,horisie. u south AREA p Sru.h.d
their pLois.ts 1sId1 bso mass meeting
arm. epus +. Svs s9 asenc. 10
On Dec. 70 lie was met by Paul de Beer with a |
body OF mounted Beers. Anstruthsr was
warned that ian advance by him would be CON |
sider~d an act OF war. lie said his orders were |
TO 20 to Pretoria and he Was gong In ten !
over, Anstruthar lost 100 men, Including all |
his officers, and surrendered. The marks. |
manship and tho tklll OF tho Beers in !
selecting positions again defeated the Eng
lsh at laing's Mex and at lncaRo. !
On Feb. -. 1881 came the slaughter |
ot haIuha Hill. where the koer Narpsbootors |
picked of tho officers 50 fast that tho men ran |
around helplessly like sheep without leader |
Sir George Colley VAS killed Just aa he was |
acknowledging his drleat by giving tho orders |
TO cease lirng. The pending negotiations be- |
tween Engand an the Beers were srttlel on |
the Eoer basis, greatly to tho chaeTn of tho |
army Lord Roberta. who arrived too late 10 |
take part IN tho fight, spoke the army senti- |
ment. when he said that It was "a peace. aiasl |
without honor, 70 which may be attributed the |
recent reRTettabe state Of affairs in the Trans- |
vaal tine jameson raid "a state Of afHairA |
which was iorssssn and predicted by many AT |
the timo. STAY Mt Cape Town was limited |
to twenty Jour hours. the Government being |
apparently ~ anxious to get mo away from
Africa rs they had been 10 hurry me out |
there
BuRMAH ANNEXED.
. King Thehaw 81 Burmah when he nscended |
his throne in 1873, concluded that the presence |
or EngllNh officers and u british Resident was !